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Bomber Command back £2m WW2 memorial

October 21, 2010 12:59
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Leon Symons,

Leon Symons

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RAF veterans are in a frantic race to raise almost £2 million to ensure the building of a memorial for their dead comrades in Bomber Command.

A total of 55,573 men from Bomber Command died during World War II. Their losses were greater proportionately than those of any other service. It is the only section of the wartime armed forces that does not have a memorial to those who died.

In May this year, planning permission was given to build a memorial in Green Park in central London, costing around £5 million.

A campaign led by the Bomber Command Association (BCA) has raised more than £3 million. Another £1.9 million is needed by the end of October if it is to be unveiled as planned next year. Alf Huberman, 87, of Hampstead, north west London, served for years as vice chairman of the BCA.