14-07-2024 16:11 via theguardian.com

Sheffield war memorial caretaker hails ‘marvellous’ response after tools stolen

Tony Foulds, who maintains shrine to airmen he saw die in 1944, to have kit replaced after TV’s Dan Walker steps inTony Foulds and his friends had gone to the local field to fight some kids from a rival primary school when he heard a noise overhead.It was 1944 and he was used to the sound of German aircraft over the skies near Sheffield. But this was an aircraft he’d never seen before. It was a B-17 Flying Fortress, an American heavy bomber, and it was on fire. Continue reading...
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