TWO Second World War glider veterans were reunited yesterday at Gloucestershire's Jet Age Museum – 69 years after their involvement in the conflict.Ken Plowman, 91, and Leslie Kershaw, 90, both fought as young men in Operation Varsity, the largest airborne military campaign in history.The pair have met again to oversee the progress of the Jet Age Museum's Horsa Glider Project, which involves the assembly of a replica cockpit from the Horsa aircraft used by fighter pilots.The operation,...
Reported by Gloucestershire Echo 9 hours ago.
TWO Second World War glider veterans were reunited yesterday at Gloucestershire's Jet Age Museum – 69 years after their involvement in the conflict.Ken Plowman, 91, and Leslie Kershaw, 90, both fought as young men in Operation Varsity, the largest airborne military campaign in history.The pair have met again to oversee the progress of the Jet Age Museum's Horsa Glider Project, which involves the assembly of a replica cockpit from the Horsa aircraft used by fighter pilots.The operation,...
Reported by Gloucestershire Echo 9 hours ago.