Out and about

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We visited the Eighth Airforce museum this morning, as the weather still promised to be chilly and wet.  (The weather was awful! C's comment)A few miles outside Savannah to the west, it is next to the local JCB dealer of all things.  Actually the British connection was to the fore; most of the missions being from East Anglia of course.  I hadn't realised that the eighth was based in Savannah before the headquarters moved in with RAF Bomber Command in High Wycombe.  They had a complete B-17, the nose of a B-24,  Mustang, Me-109 and a couple of engines inside the building, as well as a Mig-17 and Phantom outside.  We also spotted a B-47 as we were leaving.


Here's the B-17 tail. 



Here's the opposition: AMe-109.  

Afterwards we decided to visit Hilton Head Island,NA resort area over the state line in South Carolina.  On the way we saw a sign reminding us of our daughter-in-law Charlene (from Lydney).....




At Harbour Town on the island we saw one of the rare tartan-patterned lighthouses.  Well, it's privately owned so I suppose they can do what they like! 



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