https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-47323045
During World war Two in February 1944 an American aircraft named Mi Amigo was returning from a mission over Denmark, where it has been badly damaged. While flying over Sheffield the crew knew they were going to have to attempt a crash landing and the pilot searched for a large green space to try and save the lives of everyone on board. The only green space for miles was Endcliffe Park in Sheffield and the pilot began the descent towards the field.
As the pilot came in to land he saw a group of children playing on the field. At the last moment, to avoid the children, the pilot swerved away from the park and the plane crashed in a wooded area next to the field. All ten crew on the plane lost their lives and a memorial stone marks the spot today.
Tony Foulds was 7 years old when he witnessed the crash. Tony was one of the children playing on the park that day. Ever since the crash Tony has visited the memorial stone to honour the crew of Mi Amigo.
On the 75th anniversary of the crash, 12000 people gathered in Endcliffe Park to watch the US airforce stage a flypast to honour the pilots who lost their lives. The photo shows Tony attending the flypast.
There were visitors from the US, Russia and all over the UK joining the crowds to remember those who died.
What do you see in the picture?
who do you think the people are?
What do you think they might be looking at?
Explain the story
- why did the plane have to make an emergency landing?
- why did the pilot need a green space?
- how do you think the pilot felt when he saw Endcliffe Park?
- when he saw the children playing on the park, what do you think went through the pilot's mind?
- Why didn't the pilot just land the plane anyway?
- what does that show us about the pilot?
- why has Tony attended the memorial for the last 75 years?
- why did so many people attend the fly past? (what is a fly past?)
- there were people at the flypast from lots of different countries, what does this show us about the world today?
- Tony is 82 years old and he is being called a hero by many people. What does this show us about age?
- This happened a long time ago, why do we still remember things that happened in World War Two' how can we learn from our history?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders (because different people are coming together to remember something that happened a long time ago. It demonstrates community cohesion; people in that crowd will be different race, religion, disabilities, there will be different families and also because Tony is 82 years old yet his actions have created this; age is not a barrier)
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