Endcliffe Park, Sheffield

Mi Amigo Memorial

November 3rd 2021
We are 12 months on from our last visit to Sheffield. October 2020 and the country was at a turning point. TFB was still experimenting with the Tiers for Fears plan based on geography. South Yorkshire would soon join others in the Tier 3, closing all but essential retail and pubs. Christmas would eventually be literally scrapped. The vibrant area around Eccleshall Road was bizarrely quiet. The opt ... read more

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7th November 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Why is it called Mi Amigo?

7th November 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Mi Amigo memorial is a war memorial at Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, England, marking the World War II crash site of the USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress Mi Amigo. (looked it up ;o)

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