The Air Forces Memorial

[Swoop]

Took a trip over there today, thought I'd share.

[Swoop]

Oh P.S.  Have a tree Yanks....

[Slate]

    To the fallen 










     We have to tax you for that soil you took from Jamestown though.. 

[Rich46yo]

 

[Hajo]

My deepest respect for all of them. 

[shermanjr]

   cool thing is being a marine i have goton to meet several nationalities of soldiers and marines including austrailains hungarians wat i think was some middle eastern soldiers, a couple from nigeria or somewhere in africa and some royal marines. its humbling when they call us baddass and toejam. and even more when it come from veterans of Vietnam Korea ww2 and the gulf wars 

[Swoop]

The really sad part is.....as I was coming out a woman was taking her kids up the steps into the monument and I heard her say "In here they've written the names of all the people who were killed in the war."

I corrected her.

[danny76]

I also noticed the 4 Air Cadets at the bottom. Very sad

[Dichotomy]

 

[Swoop]

The pictures didn't come out very well but there's 2 short wings that come off the main cloister, the southern wing contains mainly ANZAC air crew and the ceiling of the cul-de-sac is painted with a star field containing the southern cross.  The northern wing contains mainly Canadian air crew and the ceiling is painted with the star field containing the north star, etc. 

[Nypsy]