Museum Shop

Welcome to the Kent Battle of Britain Museum Gift Shop.

As the Museum is a Charity, run by volunteers and enthusiasts, all profits go directly to the Museum. Every penny of profit helps fund improvements and the expansion of the collection, as well as the high maintenance costs of the original wartime buildings.

At present we cannot accept credit cards, so payment has to be by cheque or money order, in £ Sterling, made payable to 'Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust Ltd.' Please send your order to the Museum's address at:- Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Aerodrome Road, Hawkinge, Kent. CT18 7AG.

Orders are usually dispatched within 14-21 days of receipt of order and payment. Prices quoted include postage and packing, unless otherwise stated.

The shop has a range of toys, souvenirs, posters, books, models and other items to suit all ages.  We can also supply tea, coffee and soft drinks along with sweets and snacks.

Collectors Print

PRINT: Spitfire Mk. Is of No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron engaging enemy aircraft over Southern England during 1940, by Anthony Theobald.

Print size (Overall) 580 x 440mm. Image Size 425 x 275mm.

Autographed by the Artist and six Wartime Fighter Aces, all of whom flew during the Battle of Britain.

Price: £54.95 each, unframed (including postage and packing).

Signatures: 

• Wing Commander Peter V. Ayerst DFC 
• Group Captain Frank R. Carey CBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC 
• Wing Commander Ivor H. Cosby DFC 
• Wing Commander Robert 'Bob' F. T. Doe DSO, DFC & Bar 
• Group Captain Alec Ingle DFC 
• Air Commodore Sir Archie L. Winskill KCVO, CBE, DFC & Bar, AE

Sadly W/Cmdr. Ivor Cosby has since died.

Wing Commander Peter V. Ayerst is not officially recognised as a Battle of Britain pilot, although he shot down a Heinkel He 111 during this period.

On the 14th August 1940, he and two fellow Instructor's of 7 Operational Training Unit shot down Heinkel He 111P Werke No. 2624 of 8 Kampfgeschwader 27. The Heinkel He 111 forced-landed at Border House Farm, near Chichester and was set alight by its crew.

By the end of the war, W/Cmdr. Peter Ayerst had claimed the following enemy aircraft: 3 destroyed, 2 shared destroyed, 1 probable, 3 damaged and 2 destroyed on the ground.

To check availability e-mail kentbattleofbritainmuseum@btinternet.com.