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Old 27th Jun 2014, 19:06
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Chugalug2
 
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TTN, as a 'picky' I think it is such a shame that this is an opportunity lost. Bomber Command has had to wait nearly 70 years to come in out of the cold, principally because of all the propaganda launched at it from within and without.

It took a pop-star to shame us into allowing them a proper memorial. It will take a presentation of the facts to unravel all those decades of misinformation. That could best be done by a National Bomber Command Museum/ Centre/ whatever. Bicester being outside the hallowed ground of the actual operational bases and being in almost perfect wartime condition promised to do just that. It wasn't to be.

Now it seems it never will be because the only one to be available won't tell the story of WW2 Bomber Command but instead will celebrate its presence in Lincolnshire. Such a shame...
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