From the May 10, 2010, BBC News.
World War II's RAF Bomber Command heroes are going to get a 3,500,000 pound mmorial to be built in central London by 2012 (this year). During the war 55,573 members of the Command were killed at an average age of 22.
The 8.5 meter tall pavillion will be made of Portland Stone and the structure will be open. Part of the entrance will be made up of melted don sections of a Halifax bomber shot down during the war in which all seven crew members died. There will also be an inscription by Winston Churchill on it.
It was dedicated June 28, 2012 by Queen Elizabeth II.
GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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