FREEDOM IS NOT FREE
Part 2
The Memorial to airmen of the British Commonwealth
who flew out of England and have no known grave.
Located at Runnymede, England.
It contains the names of 20 thousand airmen with
no known grave.
There are six of these memorials around
the world including the one in Ottawa.
The total number of airmen without known graves
is over 33 thousand.
Runnymede in where the Magna Carta was signed
in 1215,
giving us our present day laws and freedoms.
Dieppe Cemetery: The stones in the centre are of the men killed in the raid.
Along the right are the graves of airmen.
Almost out of the picture on the left are Free French graves - men who fought for the Allies.
Beny Sur Mer Cemetery:
Just beyond the building you might detect a different blue colour.
This is Juno beach where the Canadians landed.
Above 0maha Beach - a D-Day beach.
One of the two American invasion beaches.
It was later called "Bloody 0maha.”
Omaha Beach U.S. Cemetery: Only a small part shows
in this picture.
114 Acres - 9,400 Graves - hence “Bloody Omaha"
La Cambe, France ~ A German Cemetery containing 22,000 Graves.
Men who died following a cause that went terribly wrong.
The significance of the groups of 5 stones is unknown.
The Mynarski Lancaster in Winnipeg on its maiden flight - after Restoration.
Mynarski died of burns trying to save his trapped tail gunner.
The strange part of the story is that when the burning aircraft
hit the ground the tail turret popped out and the
tail gunner survived with only a few scratches.
Bergen Belsen Death Camp (Germany)
Where countless people starved to death including
Anne Frank.
Bergen Belsen, Germany:
Here the German SS who were responsible for the
deaths of the prisoners are made to bury the dead in pits for
fear of the spread of disease among the few that survived.
Bachenwald Death Camp:
This shows the sleeping conditions in the camp.
The man in the second row 4th from the left is Klei Weisel.
He is still alive but his father died in this camp.
