Visit Lincolnshire’s newly hosted Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire (AHL) team has reported one of its most successful months to date after organising three high profile internally attended tributes and two open presentations about Lincolnshire’s contribution to Fighter Command during WWII.In late June and early July, three events were planned by AHL at RAF bases and heritage sites round the county.
Local press coverage was generated by AHL and VL around these events. This included a three night special series on BBC Look North and further coverage on ITV Calendar news, Radio Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire Echo and online BBC News.
The series of events has also sparked future interest in potential visits to the county from overseas. One strand of this is an opportunity to include the former RAF base at Hemswell and the base at Kirton in Lindsey as part of an American heritage trail in the north of the county.
Contacts have also been established between AHL and the RAF Museum’s American Foundation.In addition, following publicity of the events over in Canada, a Canadian veteran and former pilot has made enquiries about organising a group tour to Lincolnshire by former member of the Canadian Air Force in 2011.Building these relationships is key to developing the work of AHL.
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