European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F e a t u and British join today in recon cration of London Bomont victim of Blitz reconstructed Interior of Clement Danes above after the Nursery rhyme Church rises again by Robert staff writer Campaign rated funds for the american memorial october 195s London War blitzed St Clement Danes reopens As a Royal air Force shrine and the strains of a magnificent Organ donated by american airmen will blend with the Church beloved oranges and Lemons Bell restored from a Mere Shell in the past four the grand old Church will be re consecrated As a memorial to the fallen airmen of the Raf in the presence of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edin built by sir Christopher eng lands greatest in so Cle ment was almost totally destroyed in 1941 and has been rebuilt As the Headquarters Church of the Raf at a Cost of More than raised by popular to ranking officials oif the air Force in Britain will be on hand for the recon secret invited to attend Are maj Gens Ernest 3d of commander John 3d of Deputy commander Wil Liam commander of the 7th air div and col Joe 3d of chief of in 16 has been aside As an american Day of according to chaplain col 3d of staff on that services at the Raf Church will be conducted by air Force Clements aneroid link with the Nursery rhyme will be since the Church 10 Orange and Lemons Bells have been recast and will peal the Raf has even added an eleventh Bell so that the old which was played of key before the will now ring and the Raf March past has been added to the Bell the oranges and Lemons dear to the hearts of recall an old Nursery rhyme about the cites Church it goes like this oranges and by the Bells of ill rive you five aay the Bells of Martins when will you pay me say the of old Bailey when i grow nay the Belu or Shoreditch when will that be no the Belu of Stepney i do not says the great Bell of at every turn in the restored Church thiere is evidence that the new 9t Clement is an air Force tar Lavt and stripes Raf unit and air forces from Many other countries contributed to its successful com along the Side 10 sown shrines contain books bearing the names of the 135400 men women who their uves in the service of the Raf during and Between the two world inlaid i the floor below the Organ gallery is a Large Raf Crest surrounded by tsp crests of the eight common Earh air twoes and above the Entrance is the coat arms of lord the father of the Royal air nearby is a Book of remembrance containing the names of 16x500 american airmen who fell in Britain during world War alongside is an inscription from lincolns Gettysburg inlaid in the floor is the Atlanta donated by the English speaking Union of that City in memory of Raf pilots trained in Georgia during the the lectern was contributed by the Royal australian air the font in the crypt by the Royal norwegian air Force and the crypt altar and Sanctuary by the Royal Netherlands air the pulpit of the original Church was salvaged from the wreckage and is Back in place a plaque Marks the seat where the great Samuel worshipped in the 18th the ceiling near the altar is dominated by the Royal coat of arms and bears an inscription in which translated says built by Christopher Wren 1681 destroyed by the thunderbolts of air warfare 194l restored by the Royal air Force the magnificent in Silver and Gold and standing 30 feet will dominate the West Wall of the restored St it represents the Usan contribution to the rats own funds to Purchase the Organ were raised in a 1956 air Force wide Campaign launched by Mai Gen Roscoe 3d of com Mander of that in which was of the went toward the Purchase Price of the Organ and for its the remainder of the fund was donated to British men of the air Force will stand beside Raf personnel during the recon Sec Atlon of Clement in tribute to their fallen comrades of world War in the famous London landmark in the heart of the strand will serve to the future m hallowed to these Hense ass mus h