Fly-past honors WWII airmen who died saving UK children
By: Danica Kirka and Jo Kearney, Associated Press  
SHEFFIELD, England — U.S. and Royal Air Force warplanes roared over the English city of Sheffield Friday to honor 10 American airmen who sacrificed their lives to save British children playing in a park beneath their crippled bomber during World War II.
The fly-past brought tears to the eyes of 82-year-old Tony Foulds, for he was one of those children at that park.
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson sent a tweet Saturday thanking Tony Foulds for “remembering and honoring our Airmen.â€
By: Associated Press
The spectacle over Sheffield’s Endcliffe Park was the culmination of decades of lobbying by Foulds, who wanted an aerial display befitting the young fliers who died that day. As thousands of spectators watched from the park below and the BBC broadcast live on its morning news program, the climax came when four U.S. fighters passed overhead, with one veering skyward in the missing man formation to honor the fallen.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/02/24/fly-past-honors-wwii-airmen-who-died-saving-uk-children/
