RAF Bomber Command Memorial: After 67 years, the sacrifice of 55,000 airmen is honoured
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More than 800 veterans, together with another 5,700 widows and family members, gathered in Green Park to see the Queen unveil a sculpture of the seven-man crew of a heavy bomber by the sculptor Philip Jackson, the centrepiece of architect Liam O’Connor’s Portland stone memorial.
Some had come from the other side of the world. Others lived just a bus ride away. New Zealand paid for 39 veterans to make the trip to London, where they were joined by 80 Australians, 54 Canadians, and others from France, Poland, Norway and Slovakia.
All of them had one intention: to honour the sacrifice made by husbands, fathers and comrades doing their duty as they flew with Bomber Command.
The Queen unveiled the statues, created by sculptor Philip Jackson
A Lancaster Bomber dropped thousands of poppies over central London
More than 800 veterans, together with another 5,700 widows and family members, gathered in Green Park to see the Queen unveil a sculpture of the seven-man crew of a heavy bomber by the sculptor Philip Jackson, the centrepiece of architect Liam O’Connor’s Portland stone memorial.
Some had come from the other side of the world. Others lived just a bus ride away. New Zealand paid for 39 veterans to make the trip to London, where they were joined by 80 Australians, 54 Canadians, and others from France, Poland, Norway and Slovakia.
All of them had one intention: to honour the sacrifice made by husbands, fathers and comrades doing their duty as they flew with Bomber Command.
The Queen unveiled the statues, created by sculptor Philip Jackson
A Lancaster Bomber dropped thousands of poppies over central London