Queen unveils Bomber Command Memorial
Liam O'Connor's Bomber Command memorial
Design by Liam O’Connor commemorates WWII air crew
Liam O’Connor’s Bomber Command Memorial in London’s Green Park has been officially opened by the Queen.
The £7 million structure is to commemorate the 55,573 RAF crew who lost their lives while carrying out night raids over Gemany and occupied Europe during the Second World War.
It includes a bronze statue of an aircrew returning from a mission, sitting within a line of stone columns.
Some 5,000 surviving crew were at the ceremony, which took place yesterday.
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According to newspaper reports, the memorial also commemorates civilians killed on all sides by aerial bombardment.