Another Bader thread. Opinions.

I believe they are already displayed, but in a museum on an RAF base. Not open to the public.

Moggy

That would be the one in Liverpool then……………:D 😮

Were these the legs found by the Chambermaid under the bed of Room 101 at the Stork Hotel? To the sound of collective groans I will quietly slink away……

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Over here in Canada we have on display at the National War Museum.
General Issac Brocks tunic that he was wearing when he was killed at the Battle of Queenston Heights during the War of 1812.
You can plainly see the bullet hole in the chest where the bullet entered and blood traces.
There has never been any public outcry and it has been displayed for many many years.

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It is part of the legendary history, Why not. I would draw the line at having the real legs on display……bit of a matter of taste! These are not the ones actually dropped by bomber I presume!?

Chris

Compared to having Lenin and Evita Peron lying around for years (not together, I’m not trying to start a scandal) displaying a pair of artificial legs is the pinnacle of good taste. 😀

I agree. I believe that RAFM has a pair of Bader’s legs in store at Stafford.

Webpilot,

You are quite correct, I saw them when I was up there recently

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Bader’s leg…

Were these the legs found by the Chambermaid under the bed of Room 101 at the Stork Hotel? To the sound of collective groans I will quietly slink away……

FWIW, in my opinion they should go on diplay. As has been said before it’s no different to Nelson’s eye patch or tunic. It’s part of the story of a brave man.

It is part of the legendary history, Why not. I would draw the line at having the real legs on display……bit of a matter of taste! These are not the ones actually dropped by bomber I presume!?

The Mexican dictator and Generalissimo Santa Anna’s wooden leg is on display in a military museum collection in Illinois! Then there is George Washington’s false teeth…..I’m sure the list goes on

Chris

Well Jeremy Bentham is preserved in entirety at University College London, if memory serves me correctly, in a glass case – the “auto-icon”.

However I believe the head is not original.

:rolleyes:

These are not the ones actually dropped by bomber I presume!?

Chris

I shouldn’t think so. A case of “The Old Executioners Axe”, I’d suggest.

It is part of the legendary history, Why not. I would draw the line at having the real legs on display……bit of a matter of taste! These are not the ones actually dropped by bomber I presume!?

The Mexican dictator and Generalissimo Santa Anna’s wooden leg is on display in a military museum collection in Illinois! Then there is George Washington’s false teeth…..I’m sure the list goes on

Chris

I would say that it would be no different to displaying Nelson’s eye patch, or the tunic that he died in.

I agree. I believe that RAFM has a pair of Bader’s legs in store at Stafford.

I think it would be a very good artefact to show, inspire and evoke some of the reality. Isn’t there some of Baders stuff at Duxford?

Following on from the earlier airborne leg thread. My Dad was involved with RAF Cosford on a political level years ago, and during a civic banquet (to celebrate Cosfords freedom to march thru the city of Wolverhampton (town as it was then)) the then camp commander told the old fella that Baders legs (false not original) were held in the RAFM reserve collection. Would display of these be a bit distasteful or quite correct…. especially as Goerings uniform was/is displayed at Hendon (been a few years now since I’ve been!) Don’t want to start a moralistic slanging match, just a general consensus.

I would say that it would be no different to displaying Nelson’s eye patch, or the tunic that he died in.

I believe they are already displayed, but in a museum on an RAF base. Not open to the public.

Moggy