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Mini Museum Soirée (5/5)
Monday, December 6th at 5pm Eastern Time
Goggles on and get ready for the ride! Biggin Hill is in the beautiful county of Kent, south east England, and you would never guess from the peaceful landscape around that it was a key Royal Air Force (RAF) base during the Second World War, which became known as Winston Churchill’s ’strongest link’ and the single most important airfield during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
One of its advantages was altitude - it stands at almost 600 feet above sea level, as opposed to Heathrow’s 80 feet - and the other was its position relatively near the English Channel. It also hosted the famous Eagle Squadrons, three units formed with volunteer American pilots as part of the RAF in the year before America entered the war.
The Memorial Museum shares a site with the St George Remembrance Chapel and we are hoping (not guaranteed because of weather!) to see a Spitfire in the air, courtesy of the nearby Heritage Hangar, run by a gang of Spitfire nuts!
Cross your fingers and chocks away!
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Virtual Soirée presentation procedure:
Dana and our guide will arrive at the meeting 10 minutes in advance for those of you who would like to say hello and make sure your zoom settings are ready. The presentation will start promptly at the scheduled hour, and Dana will begin the meeting by muting the microphones and introducing our speaker. The talk will be recorded. The lecture will last about 45 minutes and afterward Dana will moderate a Q&A session. If you show up late, no worries, you will be muted upon entry.
After the tour, you will receive a follow-up email with a recording of the event. You will be able to access this recording until December 31st, 2021.
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