Robin Gibb - Bomber Command Campaign

Robin speaks on the memorial for Britian's Bomber Command squadrin during World War II.

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[eaglesfan2oo8]

those people gave their lives for our freedom they should have a memorial

[rojpix]

Irrespective of who drives this project forward, it needs to happen, my father was one of those people .. and when he came home he said we simply disembarked from the boat were given train tickets to (in his case Strathfield) he took the train ride got off the train at Strathfield threw his kit bag over his shoulder and walked home...that was it.. I have paid my money to the fund to build this memorial...

[Insperato62]

@ddm3542 - I should add my mum was bombed out of her home (twice) & her bomber station (once).She came from Liverpool so she experienced a great many more than 3 raids.Not once did she call the Germans criminals.She accepted it was total war.My dad was bombed in Malaya, Singapore. Java, Sumatra etc.He said the saddest coffins were the smallest.He also said once the war had started it had to be finished by any means available.Safe but highly accurate means were not available.

[Insperato62]

ddm3542 The memorial should be to the bravery of those men for actually getting into planes & flying 100s mile into enemy territory.Half of them were killed.It was not a safe job "merely" bombing the towns.RAF learnt how to bomb cities by watching the Luftwaffe!Most of these men have no known grave ditto the Germans.If it helps Germans to grieve then they should build a memorial (see Hislop's prog on WW1 memorials).UK was bombed in WW1.Who could foretell German plans.Retrospection is easy.

[Insperato62]

My dad was Blenheim aircrew.I certainly agree with memorial BUT if words of Churchill are incorporated I think that will be "inappropriate".Churchill abandoned Bomber Command at the end of the War partly due to the furore over Dresden which he (not Harris) demanded.He was a politician & his words will reduce the memorial to a political statement instead of a public memorial commemorating the unquestionable bravery (over years) of these men.Don't play into the hands of the mayor of Dresden.

[hugobear1]

@rojpix You should be proud - he was a hero. It's unbelievable people equate the bombing of the nazi machine with the unprovoked attack by Germany on the rest of Europe. Those who defended us saved many many millions more than the unfortunate who were caught in the crossfire.

[hugobear1]

Well done Robin Gibb ... makes me proud. Our ancestors freed Europe.

[BomberCommand100]

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[ampeltreffertv]

all bomber pilots are bloody murderer! fuck them!

[azerbyjhanify]

@ddm3542

Those who trot out the same old attitude of vilification towards these brave men, will I suppose act in the same way if a memorial to Servicemen who have been killed in Iraq or Afghanistan is planned . Or will they perhaps not be brave enough to pop their heads above the parapet, in case they get lynched?

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