Above: men from the 332nd fighter group based in Ramitelli Italy. They were such expert pilots they never lost a plane in combat
Saturday 27th September 1pm-4.30pm
Conference Room, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1,Tube: Lambeth North.
Free entry: First come,first served.Please bring a donation www.iwm.org.uk
An investigation of loyalty within the British Empire
and what it means to fight for "your" country. Special guests include World War 2 veterans from the Caribbean plus extremely rare footage of black fighter and bomber pilots and other pioneers inlcudes:
* Sqn Ldr Ulric Cross highest ranking and most decorated black officer in the RAF
* Connie Marks founder of We Were There and chair of Mary Seacole campaign
* Billy Strachan Bomber pilot and civil rights activist
* Irwin Everlsy who fought in Falklands war but was then denied a british passport