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Busy Two Days @ NASAM …<\/span><\/h1>\n

The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum<\/strong><\/span> had a busy two days towards the end of last week.\u00a0 Organisations and people sensing a “getting back to normal” requested permission for special visits to the Museum.\u00a0 Two of those requests materialised in the nephew of a WWII airman requesting to see something of what his uncle had experienced in the area whilst stationed here, and an unusual request for an organisation to train their sniffer dogs.<\/p>\n

With more visits to come, The two visits mentioned are detailed below.<\/p>\n

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In Memory Of …
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On Friday 28th August we received a visit from Christopher Varner, nephew of James Kirk Varner, Flight Engineer of the 446th Bomb Group<\/strong>, who served with the 446 Bomb Group during the Second World War. The museum has a lot of 446BG memorabilia in a building dedicated to the history of the group. In addition, we have a bench which was presented in memory of Kirk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Museum member Alison Curtis, who has regularly attended 446 Bomb Group reunions, took Christopher around the airfield site and a few buildings that still remain which have murals created by servicemen during the war.\u00a0 Images from the visit are below.<\/p>\n

Author:: Steve Bell<\/span><\/h5>\n

Note:\u00a0 More information on the unveiling of the seat dedicated to Kirk Varner can be found on the blog detailing when a memorial was dedicated to the Bungay airfield.\u00a0 This can be found in a previous blog @ Bungay Airfield Memorial Unveiling <\/a><\/p>\n

Images from the visit (click on image to view)<\/em><\/span> …<\/span><\/h4>\n