<VV> USAAF in Britain during WW2
ScottyGrover at aol.com
ScottyGrover at aol.com
Tue Nov 23 13:42:50 EST 2010
Would this museum have a Website, and if so, how would one reach it?
Scotty from Hollyweird
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In a message dated 11/23/2010 8:46:30 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
david.neale3 at ntlworld.com writes:
There is a museum in Britain in memory of those Americans who died flying
from Britain with the USAAF. The museum, which is superlative, is in
Duxford, England.
It commemorates the 30,000 USAAF men who died flying from British fields
during WW2.
Inside the museum are fifty-two clear glass plates, bearing images, in
1/240 scale,, of each and every aeroplane that was lost by the USAAF flying
from British fields. There are seven thousand and thirty-one, (7,031),
images in total.
We British, who lost a similar number of airmen with the Royal Air Force,
have never forgotten just what all of this means ... never forgotten the
blood, sweat, tears and sheer terror of those who came over here from the
United States and died in a common cause, and those who grieved for them many
miles away.
If ever you are in England, a visit would be very worthwhile. A bit of a
haul for your Corvairs, perhaps, but ...
David
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