Lincolnshire Memorial to Heroes of the Skies

[Nigel H-J]

Came across this last night, if you scroll down there is a link to the website and also one dedicated to memories giving an excellent read. Also down at the bottom a picture taken of some Lancasters at their dispersals in what appears to be an early morning photograph which could be described as a poignant scene 'The Morning After'

http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2012/10/linc ... -memories/

Nigel.

[Airspeed]

Thank you Nigel,
Another reminder.
When I was a kid, I could only think of the positives regarding the Air Forces.
I'm certainly not a sad - sack, but these days, warplanes always seem to bring to mind the awful losses.
I wonder how much longer there will be appreciation for what happened in the 1940s.
There will always be something I guess, as we still talk about 1066, Trafalgar etc., but those who came during and soon after that conflict would have a much closer association with it.
Just a thought.
EDIT: BTW, I'm signing off now, to give my WWII air museum some attention!

[speedbird591]

Thanks for that, Nigel. The memorial website is very well done and has some wonderful stories on it. I'll be reading those through over the next few weeks. It's a great idea to have a memorial specific to Lincoln - it's such a central place in the story of bomber command and integral to the history of the County.

Ian

[Nigel H-J]

Mike, Ian, many thanks for your kind comments, only came across it by accident, even though I was stationed at Scampton it is the disused airfields that I feel drawn to, don't know why but I could spend hours on a disused airfield just looking and imagining it as it was when operational. My father served at RAF Finningley during the war not as aircrew but as a Link Trainer Instructor though he never used to talk much about it.

It is about time that these bomber boys were given more recognition for the dangerous role that they carried out.

Nigel.