Historic Stafford - American Hero Traditional Cache
Historic Stafford - American Hero
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On the 4th July 2007, the 63rd anniversary of Captain Perrin's
death a memorial was erected on the sight of the crash to
commemorate the decorated pilot's supreme act of heroism. The
memorial is located in Stafford and is an impressive lasting
tribute to a World War Two hero. For many years, the local parish
council of Creswell had wanted to erect a suitable memorial in his
memory, but it wasn't until the clerk heard about ProLogis' new
ProLogis Park Stafford development - which is just yards away from
the crash site - that the idea took off. The specialist warehouse
developer financed the 6ft Derbyshire-quarried memorial stone -
which bears a picture plaque of the pilot carved in Welsh slate -
and co-ordinated the event on behalf of the parish council. The
Anglo-American ceremony was attended by three generations of the
pilot's family, and the unveiling was performed by the Vice
Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire and the Assistant Air
Attaché to the US Embassy. Of course there is a story behind
the Memorial and hopefully this tribute to Captain Perrin's bravery
will be a reminder to the people of Stafford for generations to
come of how one man died so that many others might live. The crash
was witnessed by a seven year old pupil at Holmcroft Primary
School, Stanley Jones, who now lives in Oregan, USA. His full and
fascinating account of that day in 1944 was published online in the
BBC's "World War Two Peoples War" Web Page Project. The story is
told in three parts and can be found at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2005/06/06/captain_perrin_feature.shtml
There is no doubt that Captain Perrin's bravery prevented his plane
crashing on Stafford and saved many lives.
Parking is available by the GZ. Cache is a small circular tub and
contains log book, pencil and FTF badge and is big enough for small
swaps, coins and travel bugs.
If you fancy a great meal either before or after the Cache you
could try The Golden Orient Restaurant. All u can eat and fantastic
food.
Congrats to :-
FTF Ghost House 3
STF Addfoster
TFT Davegayle
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(Decrypt)
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