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The Jet Age Museum in Gloucester is celebrating Armed Forces Day 2021 with thrilling displays, reenactors and a barbecue.
Friends and families are invited to get together on Saturday 26 June 2021 to celebrate Armed Forces Day, as well as the 77th anniversary of D-Day.
This Saturday 26 June 2021 between 10am and 4pm, the Jet Age Museum in Gloucester is welcoming visitors to celebrate Armed Forces Day 2021 – as well as the 77th anniversary of D-Day.
Showing support to veterans and the men and women currently serving in the armed forces, the event commemorates Gloucestershire’s aviation heritage and will be packed with entertainment – including a thrilling Spitfire and Hurricane display; representatives from the likes of the Air Training Corps and Royal Air Forces Association; WW1 and WW2 reenactors and the Jet Age Big Barbecue.
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Photo: Malcolm Mason private collection
Malcom Mason, 82, used to visit Amsterdam on leave from the RAF in the 1960s. Now living in Nunspeet, he retired this year as chairman of the Amsterdam branch of the Royal Air Force Association after 40 years involvement with the club. He learned Dutch from Linguaphone records, has adopted the scruffy Dutch way of dressing and says he would be gobsmacked if he was told he had to go back to Britain.
How did you end up in the Netherlands?
I joined the Royal Air Force as a young lad of 16 and when I had completed my apprenticeship training I was posted to Germany. We used to come to Amsterdam on weekend leave and that is where I met my wife. We eventually became very romantic.