THE daughter of a US Army Air Corp officer based at Burtonwood is bidding to trace her father’s lost love, or her family, who gave him a ring that he kept for the rest of his life after returning to the States.
THE daughter of a US Army test pilot who was tragically killed while testing a jet over Burtonwood made an emotional visit to his war grave during a recent reunion event.
VIDEO: THE daughter of an American test pilot who was tragically killed when the plane he was flying crashed at Burtonwood, made an emotional visit to Warrington to perform the official opening of a road named in his memory.
VIDEO: IT will mark the end of an era when ferryman Kevin Wilkinson retires after almost 20 years of operating the historic Penny Ferry across the Manchester Ship Canal at Thelwall.
A NEW bid has been launched to safeguard the future of an 18th-century pub which, according to local legend, is haunted.
FOR the past 35 years John Cotterill has been working to uphold the memory of the veterans who served at Warrington’s RAF Burtonwood.
PLANS to refurbish and change the use of a historic building in Warrington town centre, have been submitted to the borough council.
A new road on the residential part of Omega has been named in memory of Major Frederic A Borsodi, USAAF, who tragically died whilst flying an experimental jet plane over Burtonwood airbase in January 1945.
A GROUP of aviation enthusiasts is set to fly in to Burtonwood Heritage Centre at Gulliver’s World to explore the fascinating history of the former airfield.
LOCAL trainspotters were given a rare treat when the Venice Orient Express travelled through Warrington, running from London Victoria to Runcorn in conjunction with the Grand National.
