Little Rock Reunion Oct 2020

We are sorry to announce that President George Nelson and the Board have decided that we are unlikely to be allowed to hold our US reunion this year, due to Covid-19 and the restrictions on travel and gatherings. Therefore the decision has been made to postpone the reunion until October…

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VE-Day Celebrations

Tuesday, 8 May 1945 was Victory in Europe Day (VE).  The President of the US and the British Prime Minister Mr Winston Churchill simultaneously announced so at 15.00 British double summer-time (special war time arrangements   to maximise useful daylight hours).  SHAFE’s (Supreme Headquarters Allied Forces Europe) communique announced that hostilities…

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Madingley

Sasdly the Memorial Day Ceremony which was being held at the American Military Cemetery at Madingley, Cambridge on Monday 25 May, 2020 has been cancelled. The American Battle Monuments Commission made the decision to cancel all of their Memorial Day Ceremonies at their sites across the world. Many thanks to…

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13 PARA ATTACK ON BURTONWOOD

by Peter Moran In the early 1950s, Burtonwood was occupied by United States Air Force personnel. More importantly, from our point of view, it was occupied by their aeroplanes, some of which were C-82 Fairchild Packets, a twin engine, twin boom, cargo and paratrooping aircraft.  At that time it was…

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THE HONEYMOON

by Jim Ruel Corky was a baseball player. He was officially assigned to one of our shops but only the CO. knew which one. He was on Burtonwood for one reason and that was to play baseball on the base team. He spent his time in the gym or, with…

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