Bomber Command Memorial

[FOZ_1983]

I've signed petitions and all sorts to try and get bomber command recognised!! It disgusts me that they didnt even get a campaign medal like everyone else

A couple of years ago though i did get to go to lincoln cathederal with my grandad (bomber command veteran) to see a memorial laid for the veterans of bomber command, followed by a fly over from the mighty Lanc.

Its shocking that they are not respected or given a medal for doing what they did. Yes they bombed Dresden...but they were ordered. The Germans still had night fighters, still has flak guns. And Drseden aside, what about other places they bombed? Ball bearing factories, the dams, the tirpitz, tank factories... places that would of caused considerable damge to us if they were left standing.

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[FOZ_1983]

I've signed petitions and all sorts to try and get bomber command recognised!! It disgusts me that they didnt even get a campaign medal like everyone else

A couple of years ago though i did get to go to lincoln cathederal with my grandad (bomber command veteran) to see a memorial laid for the veterans of bomber command, followed by a fly over from the mighty Lanc.

Its shocking that they are not respected or given a medal for doing what they did. Yes they bombed Dresden...but they were ordered. The Germans still had night fighters, still has flak guns. And Drseden aside, what about other places they bombed? Ball bearing factories, the dams, the tirpitz, tank factories... places that would of caused considerable damage to us if they were left standing.

And lets remember that not every member of Bomber Command attacked Dresden. My grandad.. never went near the place.

2 tours as an air gunner, yet not even a simple medal to saythankyou, or a memorial in the capital to respect the 55,000 that didnt come home.

[dkwookie]

I don't even think we need to make excuses for the lads who attacked Dresden. I don't want to make inflammatory comments but if you start a fight you need to accept you may get a good kicking in return

[jack42]

Originally Posted by dkwookie

I don't even think we need to make excuses for the lads who attacked Dresden. I don't want to make inflammatory comments but if you start a fight you need to accept you may get a good kicking in return

i believe dresden was famous for porcelain pottery, at the time used not only for dinner services.think non conductive material i.e. any electrical circuit in planes,tanks,ships,gun emplacements ect.

other uses in armaments ,shell fuses,mines (non metalic cant find em!),radio parts. if i thought about it sure i could think of more well two more actually.

1der feurer's khazi!

2 tiles you know the ones like you put in a shower!!!

the mayoress of dresden just another politician ,trying to stay in power but i suspect the monument will be there longer than her grasp of reality!

donate now you know the aircrew deserve a monument

yes wookie i agree sometimes you have to give someone a "reight good kicking" its the only way they'll learn!

[flynlion]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

2 tours as an air gunner, yet not even a simple medal to saythankyou, or a memorial in the capital to respect the 55,000 that didnt come home.

I'll say it Foz. THANK YOU.

[McQ59]

What a shame they didn't get the honour they rightly deserves. I didn't know...
(It kind of reminds me of the treatment the norwegian sailors got. They sailed the convoys for six years not seeing theire loved ones, got torpedoed and molested, allmost no wages - and no pensions after the war. Not even a simple thank you for bringing oil, fuel, guns and soldiers to the battlefields. The norwegian government cheated and treated them real badly).