PROJECTS
Comment un jeune pilote Français Libre aida à sauver une ville anglaise
À 23 ans, Yves Mahé avait déjà échappé aux Nazis, à présent il s’envolait sans hésitation pour sauver une ville…
How a Young Free-French Pilot helped save an English City – Yves Mahé
At 23, Yves Mahé had already escaped the NAZI’s, now he was flying flat out to save an English city.…
Ivor’s Flying Career and the Empire Air Training Scheme – Lord Peter Ricketts
An airman’s experiences in the largest air training project in history and how Ivor shot himself down in a Spitfire!…
Enfants de Paris: avant que la mémoire ne s’efface – Philippe Apeloig
Un nouveau projet pour recenser les plaques commémoratives parisiennes de la 2nde guerre mondiale et créer une installation d’art visuel…
Children of Paris: Before Memory Fades – Philippe Apeloig
A new project to record the wartime memorials of Paris and create a visual art installation onto the Pantheon walls…
3 Days to Christmas: a French Toy Story 1944 Dr Jean-Paul Churet*
During the height of WWII, French airmen, exiled from their children and families brought Christmas Spirit to children in Britain.…
Trois jours avant Noël 1944 (version française) J-P Churet
Au plus fort de la guerre, les Français loin de leurs familles ont pensé au Noël des petits Anglais…
A Polish Corporal’s Journey to Monte Cassino – Christopher Cytera.
The despoilation of Poland, and a young soldier’s extraordinary journey to join the Allies and General Anders Army in Italy.…
Why We Remember Remembrance – – – Ian Reed
A brief look at the history, symbols and the relevance of Remembrance and why it is still important today. …
Plumetot 1944 – Return of the Polish Air Force to Europe – Richard Kornicki
(In English and en francais). Restablishment of the Polish Air Force within the RAF and their return to the continent…
A Letter from Paris 1944 – Mme Hélène Sergejew
Recently discovered letter from Occupied France – How civilians risked their lives protecting allied servicemen – in her own words.…
Château de Lantheuil – “V.E.” Day Memorial – Baron Durandy de Naurois-Turgot
A proposed new memorial for a classical French Château with a unique wartime past near the D-Day beaches of Normandy.…