AIR gunners who braved the terrors of aerial combat during the Second World War came together at a York museum for a service of remembrance.
Up to 200 veterans yesterday attended the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, to remember those gunners who did not survive the conflict of 1939-45.
Some of those present at the service, and the wreath laying in the Memorial Garden, served on Bomber Command missions in support of the Normandy invasion.
The guest of honour was Group Captain David Harrison, station commander at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. A parade led by Flight Sergeant Stuart Handry preceded a spectacular flypast by a Lancaster bomber from the Battle of Britain memorial flight.
Updated: 10:20 Friday, July 02, 2004
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