Flights are necessary to defend way of life
WITH reference to the letter from Mr F Bowles regarding USAF aircraft. I have lived in Ely for 70 years, and many of the aircraft fly over my home. This is fine with me, I would much rather see the USAF star than the swastika or a red star. If he had att
WITH reference to the letter from Mr F Bowles regarding USAF aircraft. I have lived in Ely for 70 years, and many of the aircraft fly over my home. This is fine with me, I would much rather see the USAF star than the swastika or a red star.
If he had attended the memorial
service for the British and foreign
airmen who gave their lives in the Battle of Britain he would have seen a large contingent of US airmen
willing to give support and remembrance.
These flights are necessary and vital for the defence of our way of life in the west.
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At the moment we are much more at risk from within than from US aircraft.
If this gentleman likes to count things in a peaceful place, he should go to a field in Madingly where he can count the names on a wall, and rows of headstones.
P A PRIME
Upherds Lane
Ely
