Been living in this sleepy East Herts village for only a year, but have already had two flypasts by the BBMF Lanc. Today’s was the best….it circled East Herts Golf Club for a good 5 minutes before flying on to Hunsdon I guess, at about 13:55.
How did the memorial unveiling go…anybody go along?
Russ 🙂 🙂 🙂
By: Denis - 27th May 2005 at 23:18
Can do more if required. 😉
By: Denis - 27th May 2005 at 20:25
For some reason I just cannot get the size down, I keep resizing the images but some still come out at 500 plus bytes 🙁
Ok hosted on photobucket.
W/C Branse Burbridge 85 Squadron, top scoring nightfighter pilot in the RAF.
S/L Tom Bennett, last surviving Mosquito Navigator with 617 Squadron.
Tears for some, a very emotional day.
W/Commander Walsh lays his wreath.
Air Commodore RF Garwood, Col Dan Edgar RCAF,and W/Commander Ernie Walsh RAAF.
Col Edgar Salutes after wreath laying.
The Lancaster overhead, apologies for quality.
By: pimpernel - 26th May 2005 at 21:31
Denis.
Any luck with those Hunsdon pictures yet? :p :p
Looking forward to them.
BP :diablo:
By: At6Pilot2B - 23rd May 2005 at 20:10
Yep 🙂 never get tired of pictures.
By: Yak 11 Fan - 23rd May 2005 at 14:51
Some of will still be interested Denis.
By: Denis - 23rd May 2005 at 14:26
My son was taking photos for me during the day, he assures me he caught ‘Janie’ . I, along with the rest of the organisers were far too busy sorting out last minute hitches to get a shot of the P-51, Jim C might have managed it though.
I suppose by the time No 1 son downloads the pics from his camera and gets them on CD, all interest in this would have waned :p
By: Yak 11 Fan - 23rd May 2005 at 13:49
Head is fine..
Glad the memorial dedication went well.
By: At6Pilot2B - 23rd May 2005 at 13:28
lol. someone had cut that into a field of grass somewhere between crowfield and ipswich!! the P51 bit not the mmmmmmmmmm.
hows the head? ha ha
By: Yak 11 Fan - 23rd May 2005 at 13:19
mmmmm P51…. mmmmmmm
By: At6Pilot2B - 23rd May 2005 at 13:16
what? none of the P-51? he he
By: stewart1a - 22nd May 2005 at 23:57
lovely shots denis
By: ShabbyAbbey - 22nd May 2005 at 23:45
Congratulations to all involved. Glad the weather held out for you, well deserved bit of fortune to reward all your efforts.
More photos on the website http://hunsdonmemorial.tripod.com/id9.html
Russ
By: Denis - 22nd May 2005 at 21:11
It was a brilliant day 🙂
Thanks to Maurice Hammond for opening the Dedication Day with a wonderful display of ‘Janie’ .We had kept quiet about this part as a surprise for the public.
A big thank you to the BBMF for the appearance of PA474 in four terrific passes over the memorial as a salute to the many veterans of Hunsdon who were there,right on cue at the end of the service, beautiful!. Both aircraft appeared from the North,and over the trees that provide the backdrop to the memorial.
Too tired at the moment to post appropriate pics, but hopefully these three will suffice to wet the appetite.
A hastily snapped lanc right overhead….and low!.
The Service in full swing.
Air Commodore Garwood giving his very evocative speech on Hunsdon and its operations.
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