More on Lady Carnarvon’s tribute to the heroes who died after crashing on her 5,000-acre estate Highclere Castle during the Second World War.
Lady Carnarvon’s tribute to WWII flying aces who died after crashing on Downton estate
In the touching climax to the latest series of Downton Abbey, the Crawley family and their servants unveiled a Great War memorial to honour those who had lost their lives.
Now Lady Carnarvon, the owner of Highclere Castle where the ITV drama is filmed, wants to create her own real-life tribute to the heroes who died years later in the Second World War.
The chatelaine was moved to act after discovering that several US airmen who were stationed close to Highclere may have crashed on the 5,000-acre estate during the conflict.
Lady Carnarvon revealed the plans in her online blog, writing: ‘During my research into the Second World War at Highclere, I discovered that quite a few planes had come down over the Estate.
‘The pilots, navigators and airmen who died in the crashes were all somebody’s son: part of someone’s family with friends and a life not lived; most of them young Americans in their early twenties.
