Our Second Trip
The Mighty Eighth Heritage Museum
June 1996
Hanging from the overhead was a beautiful P-51. On closer
inspection, it turned out to be a fullsize plastic replica!
What's the use of having an airplane if it doesn't leak oil all
over your floor? Can I get one in the gift shop for my living room?
See above rant for the Bf-109 as well.
The interior of the museum has a number of specialized displays of various
units, including both bomber and fighter groups. Other presentations
cover escape and evasion and the POW experience.
Some of this is not very pretty.
These guys may give war a bad name.
The Tuskeegee Airmen are represented in an extensive display. I've often
thought how crushing it must have been to a fully indoctrinated member
of the "master race" to be floating down in a parachute knowing his butt had
just been waxed by a black man!
The life of the Eighth's airmen in England is well documented, with
photographic panels and other memorabilia.
There's more, but we've run out of pictures. Stand By!
On to our next visit
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