This American can not thank you enough for what your doing. I am also to young to remeber the war but I knew so many who'd served men and women I hold in high reguard. Thank you from the depths of my heart for keepin their memory alive. God Bless you all.
I also appreciate the respect and commitment of our British allies in caring for my great-uncle, Private First Class Elbert R. "Tuffy" Howe's grave site. He was with the 101 ABN Div. and was KIA 21 November 1943. Rest in peace, Tuffy.
My father flew Lancaster heavy bombers with the RAF in ww2. I give my utmost thanks and expect to all the American servicemen who came to the aid of Britain, to fight alongside our own. Godbless you!!!!! May you always remain our friends and allies.
My uncle was a US Army Air Corps tail gunner in WWII. He spent time in Britain. He survived, thank God. Lovely to see the great care taken for those killed.
I would love to visit there. My father was with the 8th Air Force in England. He went to a university that had military training. My father and most of the guys had already joined the Army Air Force prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was pretty obvious that war was coming with what was happening in Europe at that time. Thank goodness, he managed to survive, though they ended up having to land in Sweden on their last flight. They were bombing the Polesti Oil Fields in Poland on that particular day and were hit by flack on their way out, knocking out tow of their engines, meaning there was no way they were going to make it back to England. Thank goodness they managed to get to Sweden and stayed there until the military was able to get them out. My father and the rest of the men were considered POW/MIA, since their plane did not make it back to the base. I pray that they all Rest in Peace. Thank you for your sacrifice.
Thank you Cambridge for donating this beautiful piece of land - and to all of the British people, over the generations, for your respect and care for these fallen heroes.
Excellent film. Very moving. I went to a lecture that Rich Cobb gave this afternoon for University of the Third Age Cambridge. It’s inspired me to visit the cemetery and learn more about the sacrifice of young men from across the Atlantic 75 years ago.
@Big Daddy Help me, merican… Come save me so I can get my welfare benefits and free healthcare hahaha… Your country loves war so much you’re all willing to sacrifice yourselves just for me. I feel like Helen of Troy except I don’t give a shit about you. Thank you for your service lol O7
There should be a memorial at al the old airfields that they flew from = like Thorpe Abbott’s = the bloody hundredth bomb group have a memorial to the hundredth who flew from Thorpe Abbott’s and the men who were killing trying to land there B 17 Flying Fortress with still a bomb still on board and they lost there lives after coming back from there mission // I’m a keen Fowler of the 8th and the RAF who flew from the airfields = sadly very few are left now most have been returned back to farm land and nothing left to say there was a airfield there becouse the buildings and and runways have all be taken away / I would like to think they deserve a memorial to say who flew from them airfields and something to say on this airfield the men/ woman who lost there lives trying to land there B 17 fortress after coming back from there mission from Germany Sadly nothing to say who they were / I think the best ever film ever made was the film = 12 O Clock high with Gregory peck // and the start is the best ever start of the film = a man going to a shop in London and see this mug / buys this mug put in a box and tied on the back of his bike gets to the lane learn his bike up against the fence hop over the fence and walks onto the runway looks about and starts to think back to the year 1943 it’s takes you back to the airfield which comes alive with the B17s Flying Fortress coming back to land on the airfield // you can’t get a better start to a film than that and you had people in that film that did take part in that war from the airfields /// IV looked at a lot of airfields on this iPad but to think how menny airfields are left now // yes you can go to Cambridge to see the cemetery were they lie to this day // but not that menny bodies lay there a lot of them are just bits of bodies / I know a lot more but I’m not going to say on that subject.? But I do think for the young people today may even live near by an airfield that’s got nothing to say whot was there they just look at the fields and all there is corn field Sugar beat fields nothing to say if there ever was a airfield 8th airforce and RAF there just nothing all gone / in some old airfields were there is some runway left ghost of airman have been seen walking along the runway looking for there B17 Flying Fortress / so it would be great to see something to say who flew from the airfield And the people who died on that airfield trying to land // god bless them and keep them in gods house for every and a big thanks for helping to make a peaceful world /
agree 100per cent colin.i visit many of the old airfields and a lot have superb memorials/museums and air control towers preserved for generations to come.but many have nothing to honour the thousands of young americans that served there and died there during ww2..
This American can not thank you enough for what your doing. I am also to young to remeber the war but I knew so many who'd served men and women I hold in high reguard. Thank you from the depths of my heart for keepin their memory alive. God Bless you all.
A visit is a very humbling experience.
I also appreciate the respect and commitment of our British allies in caring for my great-uncle, Private First Class Elbert R. "Tuffy" Howe's grave site. He was with the 101 ABN Div. and was KIA 21 November 1943. Rest in peace, Tuffy.
From this Brit, who has enjoyed 50 years of freedom courtesy of your great-uncle and his comrades, my eternal thanks.
I appreciate the incredible respect and responsibility demonstrated by these fine Allies caring for our dead.
Thankyou.
My father flew Lancaster heavy bombers with the RAF in ww2. I give my utmost thanks and expect to all the American servicemen who came to the aid of Britain, to fight alongside our own. Godbless you!!!!! May you always remain our friends and allies.
My uncle was a US Army Air Corps tail gunner in WWII. He spent time in Britain. He survived, thank God. Lovely to see the great care taken for those killed.
I've been here. It's a beautiful beautiful place and kept in immaculate condition all the time. So sad to see the age of these brave souls.
I would love to visit there. My father was with the 8th Air Force in England. He went to a university that had military training. My father and most of the guys had already joined the Army Air Force prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was pretty obvious that war was coming with what was happening in Europe at that time. Thank goodness, he managed to survive, though they ended up having to land in Sweden on their last flight. They were bombing the Polesti Oil Fields in Poland on that particular day and were hit by flack on their way out, knocking out tow of their engines, meaning there was no way they were going to make it back to England. Thank goodness they managed to get to Sweden and stayed there until the military was able to get them out. My father and the rest of the men were considered POW/MIA, since their plane did not make it back to the base. I pray that they all Rest in Peace. Thank you for your sacrifice.
Thank you for this . . . humbling and moving.
Thank you Cambridge for donating this beautiful piece of land - and to all of the British people, over the generations, for your respect and care for these fallen heroes.
thanks
Excellent film. Very moving. I went to a lecture that Rich Cobb gave this afternoon for University of the Third Age Cambridge. It’s inspired me to visit the cemetery and learn more about the sacrifice of young men from across the Atlantic 75 years ago.
Beautifully done.
Nicely Kept Cemetery, Well Done Britain.. The US will always have your back..!
Brothers and sisters in arms.
We don’t need your help, thank you very much. Americans should mind their own business.
@Big Daddy GO AHEAD. bring the troublemakers home.
@Big Daddy Help me, merican… Come save me so I can get my welfare benefits and free healthcare hahaha… Your country loves war so much you’re all willing to sacrifice yourselves just for me. I feel like Helen of Troy except I don’t give a shit about you.
Thank you for your service lol O7
@@o_o825 SHUT UP, THE AMERICANS ARE OUR COUSINS AND FAMILY
The amount of names on the wall is very sobering
There should be a memorial at al the old airfields that they flew from = like Thorpe Abbott’s = the bloody hundredth bomb group have a memorial to the hundredth who flew from Thorpe Abbott’s and the men who were killing trying to land there B 17 Flying Fortress with still a bomb still on board and they lost there lives after coming back from there mission // I’m a keen Fowler of the 8th and the RAF who flew from the airfields = sadly very few are left now most have been returned back to farm land and nothing left to say there was a airfield there becouse the buildings and and runways have all be taken away / I would like to think they deserve a memorial to say who flew from them airfields and something to say on this airfield the men/ woman who lost there lives trying to land there B 17 fortress after coming back from there mission from Germany
Sadly nothing to say who they were / I think the best ever film ever made was the film = 12 O Clock high with Gregory peck // and the start is the best ever start of the film = a man going to a shop in London and see this mug / buys this mug put in a box and tied on the back of his bike gets to the lane learn his bike up against the fence hop over the fence and walks onto the runway looks about and starts to think back to the year 1943 it’s takes you back to the airfield which comes alive with the B17s Flying Fortress coming back to land on the airfield // you can’t get a better start to a film than that and you had people in that film that did take part in that war from the airfields /// IV looked at a lot of airfields on this iPad but to think how menny airfields are left now // yes you can go to Cambridge to see the cemetery were they lie to this day // but not that menny bodies lay there a lot of them are just bits of bodies / I know a lot more but I’m not going to say on that subject.? But I do think for the young people today may even live near by an airfield that’s got nothing to say whot was there they just look at the fields and all there is corn field Sugar beat fields nothing to say if there ever was a airfield 8th airforce and RAF there just nothing all gone / in some old airfields were there is some runway left ghost of airman have been seen walking along the runway looking for there B17 Flying Fortress / so it would be great to see something to say who flew from the airfield And the people who died on that airfield trying to land // god bless them and keep them in gods house for every and a big thanks for helping to make a peaceful world /
agree 100per cent colin.i visit many of the old airfields and a lot have superb memorials/museums and air control towers preserved for generations to come.but many have nothing to honour the thousands of young americans that served there and died there during ww2..