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US Airforce flypast in Sheffield
  • Four USAF F-15 Strike Eagle jets fly over the graves of three US aircrew buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Coton, Cambridgeshire, who perished when their B-17 Bomber, named 'Mi Amigo', crashed in Sheffield's Endcliffe Park in 1944. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Tony Foulds, 82, watches from Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, as warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast tribute to ten US airmen 75 years after he witnessed the crash that killed them.
  • A KC-135 Stratotanker seen from Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, as warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast tribute to ten US airmen 75 years after he witnessed the crash that killed them.
  • Tony Foulds, 82, waits in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, to see his lifelong dream fulfilled today when warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast over the memorial to salute the 75th anniversary of a crash which claimed the lives of 10 American airmen.
  • John McCarthy from the Royal British Legion pays his respects at the grave of Sergeant Maurice Robbins and Sergeant Charles Tuttle, who perished along with eight others when their B-17 Bomber, named 'Mi Amigo', crashed in Sheffield's Endcliffe Park in 1944, at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Coton, Cambridgeshire.
  • (left to right) Jim Kriegshauser, nephew of John Kriegshauser, Megan Leo, cousin of airmen George Williams (who both died in the Mi Amigo crash), Tony Foulds, with BBC presenters Charlie Stayt and Steph McGovern as they watch from Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, as warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast tribute to ten US airmen 75 years after the crash that killed them.
  • Tony Foulds, 82, watches from Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, as warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast tribute to ten US airmen 75 years after he witnessed the crash that killed them.
  • A Battle of Britain Douglas C-47 Dakota seen from Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, as warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast tribute to ten US airmen 75 years after he witnessed the crash that killed them.
  • F-15s seen from Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, as warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast tribute to ten US airmen 75 years after he witnessed the crash that killed them.
  • A Hercules (left) and an Osprey, seen from Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, as warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast tribute to ten US airmen 75 years after he witnessed the crash that killed them.
  • Tony Foulds, 82, is in tears after he watches from Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, as warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast tribute to ten US airmen 75 years after he witnessed the crash that killed them.
  • Tony Foulds, 82, watches from Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, as warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast tribute to ten US airmen 75 years after he witnessed the crash that killed them.
  • A floral tribute on the memorial in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, where Tony Foulds, 82, will see his lifelong dream fulfilled today when warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast to salute the 75th anniversary of a crash which claimed the lives of 10 American airmen.
  • A crew photograph on the memorial in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, where Tony Foulds, 82, will see his lifelong dream fulfilled today when warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast to salute the 75th anniversary of a crash which claimed the lives of 10 American airmen.
  • The grave of Staff Sergeant Harry Estabrooks, who perished along with nine others when his B-17 Bomber, named 'Mi Amigo', crashed in Sheffield's Endcliffe Park in 1944, is decorated with sand from Omaha beach in Normandy before a wreath laying ceremony at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Coton, Cambridgeshire.
  • A woman pays her respects at the grave of Sergeant Maurice Robbins and Sergeant Charles Tuttle at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Coton, Cambridgeshire, who perished along with eight others when their B-17 Bomber, named 'Mi Amigo', crashed in Sheffield's Endcliffe Park in 1944.
  • Flowers on the nameplates on the memorial in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, where Tony Foulds, 82, will see his lifelong dream fulfilled today when warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast to salute the 75th anniversary of a crash which claimed the lives of 10 American airmen.
  • A crew photograph on the memorial in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, where Tony Foulds, 82, will see his lifelong dream fulfilled today when warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast to salute the 75th anniversary of a crash which claimed the lives of 10 American airmen.
  • Tony Foulds, 82, waits in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, to see his lifelong dream fulfilled today when warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast over the memorial to salute the 75th anniversary of a crash which claimed the lives of 10 American airmen.
  • Tony Foulds, 82, waits in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, to see his lifelong dream fulfilled today when warplanes from Britain and the United States stage a flypast over the memorial to salute the 75th anniversary of a crash which claimed the lives of 10 American airmen.

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