D Day landings

Andrew, Chris and Timothy went up to the nearby Royal Air Force Air Defence Radar Museum at Neatishead, near Horning for special commemorations of the 75th anniversary of epoch D Day ~ officially known as Operation Overlord in 1944. Amidst green fields of grain, encircled by barbed wire fences, a warren of subterranean and above ground rooms, one can find a bounty of technological wizardry and the poignant, including Douglas Bader's lucky bunny, along with USSR local maps.

Expert stewards ~ retired military professionals gave in~depth talks, laced with wonderful service humour. Stuart spoke of the pivotal role surveillance played during world war two and in the theatrically charged former operations room, John talked about the covert cold war and modern day monitoring of air space.

A fleet of authentic vehicles were parked up by the entrance and home made wartime fare, in the form of bite size spam fritters and rhubarb crumble and other delicacies were served in the 'canteen'.

We also flew the Union Pilot Jack (a time honoured emblem of freedom and fair trade around the world) on the declothed house roof to celebrate D Day and The Queen's birthday.

Andrew