In agreement with the group captain Antony McCord, military attaché of the RAF at the British embassy in Paris and with the thirteen RAF aviators present, it was determined to carry on the celebrations. “Alone, Deputy Marshal Maria Byfort, Main of Staff members of the RAF, still left on Friday early morning, due to his large responsibilities. “, Explains Dominique Aguerre.
Commemorations managed
The British delegation is existing as part of the three-working day weekend that the Comet Network of the Basque Nation organizes every single two many years, in memory of its members who fell beneath the yoke of the German occupiers all through the Next Earth War. The Comet Network experienced the mission to help British, American and Polish aviators killed in procedure, in get to get them from Belgium to Spain. Comète authorized various hundred airmen to attain Spain, but compensated dearly.
The headquarters of the Comète Sud network was in Anglet, in a household near Area Lamothe, on which, considering that September 2019, a stele has been erected to commemorate the action and sacrifice of the users of the network. This is where by the initial formal ceremony of this long weekend took spot, Friday 9 September, presided in excess of by Mayor Claude Olive. Two marches are arranged on Saturday and Sunday, on the routes of Comète users and aviators.
“It was essential to retain this instant of remembrance. It is a continuation of the backlinks in between France and the United Kingdom. “Comments Antony McCord, who as a diplomat and a soldier have to comply with a obligation of confidentiality relating to the disappearance of the Queen of England.
The coronation on Television set
Energetic member of the Comète network and former member of the RAF, who has lived in Bayonne for a very long time, Geoff Cooper does not have the exact obligations. “This instant is very powerful for me. It arrives this 12 months at a particular time for the British, who I consider have shown Elizabeth II, not adore, but regard, for satisfying her duty throughout her daily life. “
Geoff Cooper remembers the very first black and white television his moms and dads acquired to go to the coronation of the youthful Queen Elizabeth. “I didn’t consider about her just about every day, but she was like a permanent existence in our heads. Now we will see what King Charles will do. “
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