Duxford Autumn Airshow 051008
Counting the Cost Memorial Sculpture designed by Renato Niemis The sculpture comprises 52 toughened glass panels each etched with the outlines of aircraft missing in action in operations flown by American air forces from Britain during the Second World War 7,031 aircraft are depicted and represent losses incurred by the 8th United States Army Air Force USAAF 9th USAAF and US Navy The engraved images take the form of the individual aircraft types scaled at 1:240 first in line are the most densely engraved panels remembering the 91st and 96th Bomber Groups of the 8th Air Force which together lost almost 400 B-17s each with an average crew of ten men
Duxford Autumn Airshow 051008
Counting the Cost Memorial Sculpture designed by Renato Niemis The sculpture comprises 52 toughened glass panels each etched with the outlines of aircraft missing in action in operations flown by American air forces from Britain during the Second World War 7,031 aircraft are depicted and represent losses incurred by the 8th United States Army Air Force USAAF 9th USAAF and US Navy The engraved images take the form of the individual aircraft types scaled at 1:240 first in line are the most densely engraved panels remembering the 91st and 96th Bomber Groups of the 8th Air Force which together lost almost 400 B-17s each with an average crew of ten men