BRITISH AVIATION ARCHAEOLOGICAL COUNCILMembers of the British Aviation Archaeological Council
Approximate locations of members are given on the map, below, a full list with further details if given below the map.
Web sites belonging to members are indicated with 
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Full Group Members of the BAAC
| Aviation Research Group | Bedfordshire based group | |
| Aviation Research Group Orkney & Shetland | The aim of A.R.G.O.S is to document all aspects of aviation history on and around the Orkney and Shetland Isles. These include:
Recording and documenting Aircraft crash sites both on land and underwater. Documenting sites of airstrips and air bases from both the RAF and FAA. Research and document Balloon Barrage sites, Anti Aircraft gun sites and search light stations. |
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| Bentwaters Aviation Society | Formed in 2002 to keep alive the memory and record the history and heritage of the RAF/USAF stations of RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge from their wartime origins until closure in the 1990s. | |
| City of Norwich Aviation Museum | Formed in 1977 as an enthusiast group, the museum opened to the public within a few years after they acquired a small number of airframes. Since then the museum has grown with more, and larger aircraft, being collected. Their two largest exhibits being Vulcan B. Mk.2 XM612 and Nimrod M.R. Mk.2 XV255. Along side the complete airframes are a number of cockpits and smaller exhibits. | |
| Cumbrian Aviation Research Society | ||
| Derbyshire Historical Aviation Society | One of the founding members of BAAC, the Derbyshire Historical Aviation Society was started in 1972, though it was 1974 when its present name was adopted. They have carried out a number of excavations in the East Midlands over the years, though most of the work has been concentrated in Derbyshire. | |
| Devon Aircraft Research & Recovery Team | ||
| Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum | ||
| Fenland & West Norfolk Aircraft Preservation Society | ||
| Geodetic Preservation Group | ||
| Historic Aircraft Recovery Team | ||
| Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team | ||
| Lashenden Air Warfare Museum | ||
| Lincolnshire Aircraft Recovery Group | ||
| Lost Wings of History | ||
| Manx Aviation Preservation Society | The main objective of the Manx Aviation Preservation Society, which was formed in 1994, is to heighten public awareness of the aviation and military heritage of the Isle of Man, with particular reference to the significant role the island played during World War II and beyond. They have done a number of excavations on the island and have a small museum adjacent to the airport at Ronaldsway. | |
| Marches Aviation Society (Welsh borders) | With its origins in the Welsh Marches in the 1960s MAS have participated in many dozens of recoveries, mainly of the Battle of Britain & Blitz periods. | |
| Midland Aircraft Recovery Group | We research and preserve the military aviation history of the Midlands. Restoration projects include Wellington IV Z1206, Airspeed Oxford I, Whitley, Hurricane and Harvard cockpits. | |
| Northamptonshire Airfields & Aircraft Research Group | ||
| Northamptonshire Aviation Society | ||
| Peak District Air Accident Research | Formed from the Macclesifield Aviation Group in 2003 to research aviation related incidents in and around the Peak District National Park. The group are also actively researching and visiting high ground aircraft crash sites within the British Isles. | |
| Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust | The Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust was founded to preserve the history of flying boat operations at Pembroke Dock with the ultimate aim of recovering Sunderland Mk.I T9044 from the sea bed off Pembroke and conserving those remains for future generations. They have a small museum, which opened in 2009, in one of the former military buildings around the dock. | |
| Pennine Aircraft Recovery Team | ||
| Powys Aircraft Group | ||
| Solway Aviation Society | ||
| Somerset Aviation Enthusiasts | ||
| South Wales Aviation Research Group | ||
| Stratford Aviation & Militaria Enthusiasts | ||
| Sywell Aviation Museum | Based in a small museum at Sywell airfield near Wellingborough in Northamptonshire | |
| Thirsk Aircraft Recovery Group | ||
| Twinwood Aviation Society | ||
| Warplane Wreck Investigation Group | One of the very early members of the BAAC, having been active from the mid 1970s all over the UK but based in Merseyside. | |
| Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group | Formed in 1978 as the Warplane Wreck Investigation Group (Midlands) to locate recover restore and display items from wartime aircraft it soon adopted its present name to avoid confusion with the pre-existing WWIG. Most of the collection was recovered from crash sites in & around Shropshire. The museum is at Sleap airfield near Wem and is open on the 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month from April to October. | |
| Wattisham Airfield Museum | ||
| Wessex Archaeology | ||
| Yorkshire Aviation Archaeologists Group |
Research Members of the BAAC
| Richard Bateson | ||
| Ken Baughan | ||
| Bob Collis | Bob's primary area of interest is Norfolk & Suffolk, having been researching and recovering aircraft since before the BAAC was formed. | |
| Adrian Cresswell | ||
| Dave Earl | A native of Stalybridge near Manchester Dave's first area of research was the surrounding high ground but his main focus has moved outwards to cover all areas of high ground in British Isles but especially the Scottish Islands. He is now also a member of the Aviation Research Group Orkney & Shetland. | |
| David Thompson | David is another long term member of the BAAC, his area of interest being the NE of England. | |
| P Watson |
Associate Members of the BAAC
| Air Crash Po | Italy | |
| Aviation Archaeological Investigation & Research | USA | |
| Foundation Airwar Study Group | Netherlands | |
| Hungarian Aero Archaeological Society | Hungary | |
| Michael Chater | Canada |
BAAC Management Committee
| BAAC President | ||
| Air Vice Marshall B L Robinbson FIMgt FRAeS RAF Rtd | ||
| BAAC Committee | ||
| Chairman | David Stansfield | Pennine Aircraft Recovery Team |
| Vice chairman | John Austin | Cumbrian Aviation Research Society |
| Vice chairman | Mick Blackburn | Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group |
| Secretary | Mark Evans | Midlands Aircraft Recovery Group |
| Membership Secretary / Treasurer | David Stubley | Lincolnshire Aircraft Recovery Group |
| Magazine editor | David Stansfield | Pennine Aircraft Recovery Team |
| Member | Graham Chaters | Lincolnshire Aircraft Recovery Group |