Love the road and old signpost, as well as the memorial. I occasionally
marvel at what those flyboys, yours and ours, endured.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:18 PM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Once a week I go flying, normally on a Friday when there is no teaching
> for me at the Centre of Aviation Medicine. Today was a gorgeous day,
> albeit a little breezy (and strengthening), and I would have gone flying.
> But the blasted RIV (Rescue Intervention Vehicle – fire engine) was u/s so
> we had no crash cover, as it’s called. That meant no flying :-(
>
> So I did some admin at someone else’s desk and headed home through the
> rather lovely counties of Rutland and Leicestershire and took a couple of
> photos. I started with a shot of several aircraft not flying at my base,
> Wittering, but the found a grounded Caravan at a para club to the southeast
> (Sibson), before heading down a straight, country road with the old-style
> signpost. At the almost-disappeared RAF Polebrook I found an old memorial
> to the 351st Bombardier Squadron, 8th AF and stopped for a moment to say a
> prayer for the boys . . .
>
> Only 4 photos, but it made for a more enjoyable journey home than driving
> helter-skelter down the motorway.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19312
>
> Chris
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