September 4, 2020 at 10:32 pm
Celebrations are under way in Thames NZ to celebrate the towns famous son Air Chief Marshall Keith Rodney Park who was born at Totara Thames June 1892 The installation of a full size replica of the Hawker Hurricane fighter with the personalised code OK1 that Sir Keith used to help direct the succesful outcome of the Battle of Britain within 11 Group will take place September 12th ,13th. The celebrations also coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
https://www.sirkeithparkmemorial.org.nz/page_events_news.html
By: Mothminor - 10th September 2020 at 08:49
A nice memorial. Very eye-catching!
By: biggles7 - 9th September 2020 at 21:00
OK 1 (P3854) ( AKA GB Replica) was installed on her pylons today Wednesday 10th Sept and looks splendid ! It truly makes an excellent “gate guardian” for the Thames Airfield.