75th Anniversary Mi Amigo Flypast Sheffield

[QueenOfGoths]

Anyone else been following this?

I only found out about it a few days ago and it's really rather a moving story. This man has tended the memorial for years, partly out of the guilt he feels that they died saving him, and feels they are part of not only his history but his family.

It was all over BBC news this morning and I have to say I shed a few tears

Sheffield flypast pays tribute to US airmen killed in wartime crash

 

[marty21]

Yep , have had regular #mantears

 

[Sprocket.]

Nice tribute, hats off to Tony Foulds and (I never thought I’d say this) Dan Walker.
I’ve been following it on Look North. I was hanging out of the window at work earlier, but sadly saw nothing.
Well done.

 

[editor]

Heartwarming story

Event was inspired by Tony Foulds, 82, who has tended their memorial since 1944

Tony Foulds, right, watches from Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, as British and US aircraft stage a flypast tribute to 10 US airmen 75 years after he witnessed the crash that killed them. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
Thousands have gathered in Sheffield to watch the US air force stage a flypast to commemorate 10 plane crew who died during the second world war.

People travelled from around the world for the flypast, including military veterans and family members of soldiers who were killed on the B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, known as Mi Amigo.

The event was watched by Tony Foulds, 82, who saw the Mi Amigo crash while he was playing with friends in the park as a child.

He later learned the aircraft had been attempting a crash landing in the park – the only green space for miles – but diverted course for fear of harming Foulds and his friends. Since 1944 he has quietly tended to a memorial for the US airmen.