ranworthbreeze Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 This is not a Broads topic but I am sure a number of the forum members may be interested. A Mystery donor secures WW2 Bomber Command memorial spire in Lincolnshire.Please see the following link for the full story:-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-25823701RegardsAlan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebbtide Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Alan. Thanks for posting the link. Its good news. Someone has been extremely generous. I have been wondering how the project was progressing. Maurice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Lovely article, Alan, many thanks. I started my RAF career in Bomber Command, as it was still known then, just 17 years after the war ended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueH Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Hello Lovely to see. Although I did my RAF service long after these brave men did theirs. I have always felt that they were forgotten and blamed for doing something that was their job and what they were ordered to. The politicians have a lot to answer for! Hopefully the vandals won't get to this marvellous monument and treat it with the respect it deserves. In Bulford we had a WW1 bronze statue to recognise the work of all the Wiltshire soldiers during that time. It was stolen and later found in a local scrap yard having been cut up and sold. My military service was between 1975 and 1987, with only one proper tour in an operational station (Leuchars) - Akrotiri and Upavon were the other two. SueH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebbtide Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Sue. I know Canwick Hill well, where the monument will be erected. Its a nice area, and I don't think vandals will be attracted to it. I know that many monuments/plaques have been stolen for scrap. Its become harder now to sell metals. The scrap yards are far better regulated than they were. I am amazed that there are low life out they who do vandalise such things as war memorials, and cemeteries. Times we live in!! Maurice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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