Sunday, March 01, 2020

WWII Riddle Field - Program At Library March 16


RAF TRAINING SCHOOL AT RIDDLE FIELD, CLEWISTON

MOORE HAVEN, FL. -- This one-hour program will be presented at the Friends of the Library meeting on Monday, March 16, 2020 at 3 p.m. by Jason Sims, new Director of the Clewiston Museum. 

From 1941 through 1945 Clewiston was home to the No. 5 British Royal Air force training school during WWII. The video and Power Point will explore the issues that caused the British to set up a flight training school here, the people instrumental in developing the program, and the men who trained in Clewiston. 

Artifacts will include aviator clothing, military patches and medals, flight instrumentation, field manuals, and other materials reflective of the time. 

 The venue will be the Glades County Public Library conference room at 201 Riverside Dr., Moore Haven, Florida. This presentation is open to the public and all who wish to attend are welcome. 

 Come and meet the new director of the Clewiston Museum.

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