Island's links to war benefit school children

Fri, 25 Apr 2014

The site of the air crash on North Barrule

School children on the Isle of Man are more actively engaged with history than their UK counterparts.

This week the 69th anniversary of the Island’s worst aircraft disaster was marked - in which 31 American service personnel were killed.

The American flag will fly on North Barrule until Monday to mark the tragedy.

Ivor Ramsden is the director of the Manx Aviation and Military Museum – he says interest in local events is increasing: