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A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association).

75 years ago on Monday the USAAF came to Britain. The rest is history.

Putting this out there as someone somewhere may know of some & provide some assistance. The staff at Madingley do a great job.

Cambridge American Cemetery

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75 years ago on Monday the USAAF came to Britain. The rest is history.

And they left " the twin" bases near me 30 years ago this year and they int missed :-) ( the last 3 years they were here definatly not missed !!!)

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Life is what you make of it :-)

When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-)

Maybe so, but many in this region miss seeing the A10's from Alconbury.

Whatever one thinks nowadays, it cannot deny the sacrifices those boys made, so should be remembered.

Maybe so, but many in this region miss seeing the A10's from Alconbury.

A10's flew from Bentwaters and Woodbridge bases before that was Phantoms when i was a kid

Whatever one thinks nowadays, it cannot deny the sacrifices those boys made, so should be remembered.

That's true Sirius i'll give you that but lets just say they were "tolerated" around here in their last 3 years and they wer'nt missed when they left , apart from the antique dealers who couldn't shift their sh#te onto the "locals" after they left !!

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Life is what you make of it :-)

When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-)

This is the Café so can political comments be kept out, especially this thread.

What one thinks of other nations is besides the point. History is history & leave it at that.

"There are three things wrong with the Americans
They're over paid, over sexed, and over here".

Yet many forget that if it wasn't for the "foreign" squadrons during the Battle of Britain, the air war would have been lost.

A timely reminder...

"On July 4 of most years, in a corner of Boxgrove graveyard in Sussex, fresh flowers lie on the grave of one of these foreigners: Pilot Officer Billy Fiske, the first American to die in the Battle of Britain. “The King of Speed” lies between two British soldiers, a sapper in the Royal Engineers and a corporal in the East Lancashire Regiment. A small American flag sometimes snaps in the wind above his final resting place. On his headstone the following words are inscribed for all to see:

He died for England"

Eagle Squadron

Yet many forget that if it wasn't for the "foreign" squadrons during the Battle of Britain, the air war would have been lost.

Correct, there were 4 Polish Airforce squadrons 300, 301, 302 & 303, two of which fought in the Battle of Britain.

& 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 315, 316, 317, 318 & 663.

There were also French pilots, like Pierre Clostermann, who wrote a book about his years in the RAF. Le grand circus, if I remember the correct French title.
Tullio
But my favored book on the Battle of Britain is "The last enemy", by Edmund Hillary, an Australian like John Hillary, the conqueror of Everest. The title is a quotation from Saint Paul

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Yes, the Big Show.

The end credits of the film "Battle of Britain" provides a unique list of all the nationalities that fought in the battle.

A correction for the previous poster. The Polish Air Force was destroyed in Poland. All the polish squadrons were R.A.F.

It's grown a lot since then. Now consists of 5 sites. Visited all except IWM North.

IWM Group

"HMS Belfast is one of only three remaining vessels from the bombardment fleet which supported the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. The other vessels are the destroyer USS Laffey, part of the historic ships grouped at Patriots Point, South Carolina, and the dreadnought battleship USS Texas at San Jacinto, Texas."

Be nice to visit the other 2 :-)

Normandy veteran and former haulage boss is carried to funeral on beloved Scania truck
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/normandy-veteran-and-former-haulage-company-boss-carried-to-rest-on-beloved-truck/story-30183093-detail/story.html#vbjEWHx58gLvqeqI.99

T-16 days.

Museum of the American Revolution

Today it's 100 years since Lenin visited Stockholm.
Follow the journey that will forever change the course of Russian history with the Lenin Tracker.
https://1917.rt.com/#!/en/twitter/lenin

The Alternate History Of Sweden 1570-2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSR3t0wpm0o