“So do we really think that in 2045 there will be widespread interest in Spitfire wrecks or that war graves will be as revered as today – where are the dead from Waterloo? “
Yes, I believe that in 2045, providing that we teach well, the sacrifices made by previous generations will be remembered. A Spitfire is not the only, and not necessarily the best way to teach people history.
Have to agree and you dont even have to go back as far as the Napolionic wars. Gallipoliis is still littered with the remains of those who fell to the extent of more or less complete skeletons being found on a recent visit. My point is id nothing is being done now for those who fell in 16/18 how long before 39/45 becomes just another history lesson?
Having never been to Gallipoli, I cannot comment on your example, but I find it difficult to believe that the CWGC would allow a situation such as you describe to continue. The rest of the paragraph is nonsense. Look at the numbers of poppies that are worn in November. People are still very aware of what happened during the Great War, and many people are making very considerable efforts to ensure that we will not forget those who gave.
to be honest most of the population dont give a damn ,i have found that out since trying to trace some Canadian war graves ove here !
Again, I’d argue that point. Have you tried visiting the CWGC site?
In a years to come ,and maybe not that far into the future,Commercial interests will dominate these issues and to you honestly think they will have anything but the mighty dollar/pound as their main concern? what price then a recovered fresh water Defiant/Spitfire/Hurricane or whatever? the last we will see of them is a container ship heading out to sea !!!
Why is it wrong for commercial interests to be involved if they can do the job well? Commercial interests have been responsible for filling many important gaps. What is important is that any recovery operation is done well, and these operations cost money. And if the recovered aircraft head out over the Atlantic, so what? JDK provided a pretty good case for allowing them do do so.
People like Allison need our support ,thanks & admiration.and that goes fro the rest of you involved in the preservation of our history…We have a saying over here ” each to his own” i wish we could have got more people to listen to that over here years ago!
I’ll not comment on that one. Forumites can reach their own conclusions after reading Allison’s posts.
Best wishes
Steve P
Sign In
