Starting on Wednesday 1 July, Vince Moisson our pilot will fly 4 sorties to drop poems over the WW1 battlefields from the Poetry Plane. The poems written by children from around the world about the sacrifice of the Great War and their hopes for the future will grow into flowers where the fallen lie.
Each Commemoration will be livestreamed on the WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust Facebook page. The events are
Lochnagar Crater 1 Jul 0728-0800.
Thiepval 1 Jul 1200-1300
Le Quesnoy Kiwi Memorial 2 Jul 1500-1530
Le Hamel Australian Corps Memorial 4 Jul 2100 – 2233