Posted on 01/22/2019 5:59:44 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
A memorial to the tens of thousands of Bomber Command air crew who lost their lives during the Second World War has been vandalised in London, along with a nearby statue of wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill.
The memorial in London’s Green Park has been splattered with a large amount of white paint, “including the statue of eight Bomber Command crew members which stands at its centre, the marble plinth it stands upon and the surrounding Portland stone.”
So far, no arrests have been made, but the Metropolitan Police are said to be investigating CCTV footage from the site.
Johnny Johnson, 97, the last surviving veteran of the ‘Dambusters’ crews who destroyed German dams using “bouncing bombs” in a series of daring raids, said of the vandalism: “What a disgrace, such mindless vandalism. How disrespectful to the nearly 58,000 people who gave their lives so that these thugs have the freedom to carry out such acts. I hope they are caught soon, and suitably punished.”
“This is the worst example of vandalism we have seen at the memorial and it is utterly heartbreaking to see the memory of all those brave airmen disrespected in this way,” added Air Vice-Marshal David Murray, chief executive of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund which maintains the memorial.
“This despicable act took just moments but will take considerable time and resources to put right,” he added — the charity has estimated repairs are likely to cost thousands of pounds.
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Onward to another fall of western civilization just like the dark ages.
Need to find the miscreants and give them many years in prison to think about their deed.
Hey, mayor.... is this too just part and parcel of life in the big city?
Why should England be any different than the other countries were museums and statues were destroyed?
you allow foreigners to chase Londoners out of London with acid attacks and rapes, so they are the new majority in the city, and you expect those same foreigners to respect English heros? who’s running the country - the Queen or Blind Phillip?
Today londonstan tomorrow New Yorkistan.
The down side of diversity ...
London is dead.
Shameful. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t the Amish.
Islam must be eradicated, but there is no will.
Fort Worthistan
We would have bombed the sand nazis back to the stone age in WWII except they were already there.
Make Muzzy prisoners clean it up .
This makes me sick! We always get a picture of the Bomber Command Memorial when we are in London. And disrespecting Churchill?? Mayor Khan may think this is appropriate for a large city, but intelligent and thoughtful, respectful ADULTS are appalled.
Then we take Berlin!
Muslims and millennials. Almost like 2 birds of a feather.
A group of us girls are going to Scotland in September. One of them said...let’s fly into London and go from there. I said no, we’re flying into Edinburgh. I have no desire to ‘do’ London. That’s sad. There was a time when I would have jumped at the chance.
Already done.
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