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(THE 355th FIGHTER GROUP 50th ANNIVERSARY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1943 TO 1993). In the presence of Her Royal Highness, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. This video covers the Memorial Service held by the Bishop of Ely at the 355th Air Force Memorial in Steeple Morden, the Memorial lunch that followed after held in the very same nissen huts that have been preserved since the last war on the very same air field that the 355th used to take off from to go into battle over the North Sea and Germany. |
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In the evening we show the wartime veterans dancing in the wartime uniforms in the same nissen huts to the music of the Glen Miller band. The next day we visit the American Cemetary at Madingley with an open air service in memory of the gallant U.S. Airmen who gave their lives in the last war. At lunch time we show the U.S. visitors at lunch with the U.K. chairman at their farm house in the picturesque country side and in the afternoon the church service at Litlington church to commemorate the new stain glass window in honor of the |
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355th Fighter Squadron of the U.S. Air Force and in the evening of the second day, a farewell dinner at the University Arms in Cambridge for all the U.S. visitors together with presentations before they head back to the United States. The cost of this 3 hour video is £20 in V.H.S-Pal (U.K.) format including postage and packing. The cost of this video in V.H.S. N.T.S.C.-(U.S.A.) and all other world formats to include packing and airmail postage is £30. |
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