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16 November 2001, 06:58 AM
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 Albert Ball's monument in the grounds of Nottingham Castle is the largest in the UK,to an individual of such lowly military rank.No other V.C. winner,with one exception,has anything like it.I was wondering if any of the WW1 Aces of Germany,America or France are commemorated in such a grand style.
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16 November 2001, 07:39 AM
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Oswald Boelcke's grave/memorial monument in his hometown of Dessau is friggin' huge.
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16 November 2001, 08:00 AM
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i remember seeing the one 'i think' dedicated to Guynemer in france.
also, tho not an individual, the Lafayette esc monument is big too. as far as americans ww1 aces, i dont think so...tho, i havent been to Luke afb, so dont know if theres one there or not thats big... :-/
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Interesting indeed ...
Is anyone out there with photographs or websites concerning the above mentioned memorials? It would be interesting to compare them.
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Hi! Guynemer has an monument in Poelcapelle near Ieper (Ypres) where he was shot down.It has a flying stork on top pointing in the direction Guynemer was flying before he was taken down.
I was in Ieper (Ypres) lately but I didn't know it was there until I saw it on an internet site  Too bad I missed it.
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there's a large statue of
Frank Luke at the Arizona State Capitol in downtown Phoenix. Smack dab amid the most corrupt state government west of the muddy ol' Mississippi.
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18 November 2001, 12:29 AM
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You might find the following of interest:
http://212.67.202.71/~johnwhal/emwfa/aball/aball.htm Cheers, Jim |
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The realtors and developers own the legislature...and most of the city councils. In my town alone, the mayor's family acquired a square block of downtown real estate "for the public benefit" for $1.00--and turned it into part of the family auto business. Same thing happened with a large hotel development. Republican state senators have tried to shut down one of the 2 best shooting ranges in the metro area (it's 50 years old or more) so they could sell condos. Nothing came of the conflict of interest complaints: hardly anybody raised an eyebrow, it's so common anymore. And few of the corrupt officials bother to maintain the appearance of innocence--they've dropped the pretense.
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