Dear Friend,
Membership Month has taken off here at the American Air Museum in Britain!
All this month, the American Air Museum is celebrating our members who make possible our work to remember and celebrate the valiant American airmen and women who have flown from Britain since World War I, including the 30,000 who paid the ultimate price during World War II.
As part of this special event, a generous member is matching all Membership Month gifts, dollar-for-dollar, up to our $5,000 goal!
Friend, you have shown you are committed to the museum’s educational and memorial mission. That’s why I hope I can count on you to help us reach our $5,000 Membership Month goal before the June 30 deadline.
Please confirm your Membership Month support by joining the museum with a generous contribution today. It will go TWICE as far to support the museum’s educational and memorial mission.
Your Membership Month gift will go twice as far to help the museum share the stories of brave airmen like Lieutenant Colonel Huie Lamb. Huie flew 61 combat missions during World War II with the 82nd Fighter Squadron and shot down multiple enemy aircraft.
On December 29, 1944, Huie had to ditch his P-51 in the English Channel after it caught fire due to heavy flak. Luckily, his wingman saw his plane go down and led a “Supermarine walrus,” an amphibious biplane used by the British Air Rescue, to the crash site. They pulled Huie from the freezing waters, and he survived with only minor injuries.
In 2013, Huie visited Duxford Air Base and shared his stories with the staff and historians of the museum. Following his visit, he sent us the many photographs he had taken during the war. He had safeguarded these photos for 70 years, and now we are privileged to do the same.
The support of friends like you allows the American Air Museum to collect and share the stories of real-life heroes like Huie Lamb.
From maintaining our collection of rare American military aircraft to our interactive archive of stories, photographs, and memories of men and women whose lives have been shaped by American airpower over a century of war, our work simply isn’t possible without you.
Please don’t miss this opportunity to DOUBLE your impact at the museum. Your Membership Month contribution will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, to ensure that those who put their lives on the line to protect our own are never forgotten.
Thank you for helping honor the service and sacrifice of generations of American airmen who have taken to the skies to defend freedom and liberty.
With gratitude,
Brandon P. Gregory
Executive Director
American Air Museum in Britain
P.S. Any gift you make by the June 30 deadline will be 100% matched—and will do TWICE as much to honor heroes like Huie Lamb and share their stories with the next generation. Please join the museum now to help us reach our $5,000 Membership Month goal.
P.P.S. By joining the museum today, you will receive exclusive member benefits, including a VIP pass offering free admission to the American Air Museum for one year, a free subscription to our American Air Museum News newsletter, an official museum calendar, your official 2023 Member Card, and more.
