RE: Lancaster ND475 And The Mod
As an ex-member of the RAF (I left in 96) I am absolutely horrified. I felt disgusted when I read about the B17 in the Med with 3 crew on being ripped apart by so called ‘souvenir hunters’. I was also outraged when I read about the remains of a crew in Holland a couple of months ago where the Dutch Authorities wanted to leave them buried under a leisure centre or something.
What you have to remember is that even after 60 years, these where real people, doing something to help this country at a time of need. They had families and loved ones, and one assumes many of those families are still about to remember them. Let’s do the decent thing and give them a decent burial and comfort to the relatives.
I know that if I had come down in a field somewhere with my colleagues, I’d want a decent burial. Not to have my bones ripped out so that some degenerate could get to my dog tags or what was left in my wallet, or parts of the seat I was strapped to.
MOD do the right thing and give these boys a decent resting place. Look at the example set by the USAF in reclaiming the bodies of the crew of the Lady Be Good.
I for one, shall never forget. And, I’ll make sure my young sons won’t either.
Scotty
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