Americans at the Mi Amigo 80th anniversary service in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield

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Americans at the Mi Amigo bomber crash 80th anniversary service in Endcliffe Park Sheffield. Video by Errol Edwards. Followed by a video from January about the revamp of the site.

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00:00 Hello, my name is Mark and I'm an American and I'm pleased to be at this

00:07 memorial. My father flew B-17s during World War II. He was, he never saw any

00:16 action but he flew around America training other pilots. So it's a

00:23 privilege to be here to honor those pilots that died 80 years ago.

00:32 [Birds chirping]

00:55 The Mi Amigo War Memorial in Encliff Park has benefited from a £21,000

01:03 fundraiser which has paid for new steps, signboards, metal railings and a general

01:11 spruce up of the area in time for its 80th anniversary in February, anniversary

01:19 service in February. Members of the Royal Air Forces Association in

01:24 Sheffield say they're very pleased and proud to have achieved their fundraising

01:29 target which will pay for jet washing of the original stone here installed in

01:34 1969 and maintenance for the next five years.

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