[keybasher]

I totally agree with your sentiments, Andy. The event, and damage to the Gateway, ARE of historical importance and should be portrayed as such, irrespective of PC concerns.

No, I didn't visit the He-111 crash site at Mountfield - when was that, as I can ask among my relatives. Perhaps it is time for a re-read of your book series - required bedtime reading! I did go to one crash - a Marauder? - at Whatlington and watched the fiery descent of a Typhoon or Tempest while I was roller-skating in North Trade Road. It crashed, as I recall, in a field in Netherfield so I skated off in that direction, arriving well after dark, giving rise to much telling-off on arrival back home.

Sorry I never managed to get to Tangmere for a visit to the Museum, as I left Sussex in 1950 and have only paid fleeting visits back there since. One day, perhaps!

Gordon