The RAF Museum Cosford received a 'Highly Commended' rating for its 'Pilots of the Caribbean: Volunteers of African Heritage in the RAF' exhibition at the annual Museums and Heritage Awards held in London on April 29. The gallery tells the story of black servicemen and women who served in the RAF during both war and peacetime. A memorial to 14 Allied airmen was unveiled in Giessenburg, the Netherlands, on May 2, in the presence of Pieter van Vollenhoven, a member of the Dutch royal family. The monument is a tribute to the crews of six Allied aircraft shot down in the region during World War Two. Of the 36 airmen involved, 14 lost their lives.
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机译：在4月29日于伦敦举行的年度博物馆和传统奖颁奖典礼上，皇家空军博物馆科斯福德（Cosford）的“加勒比飞行员：皇家空军中的非洲遗产志愿者”展览获得了“高度推荐”。画廊讲述了黑人士兵的故事。以及在战争与和平时期在英国皇家空军服役的妇女。 5月2日，在荷兰皇室成员彼得·范·沃伦霍芬（Pieter van Vollenhoven）在场的情况下，对14名盟军飞行员的纪念馆在荷兰的吉森堡（Giesenenburg）揭幕。该纪念碑是对第二次世界大战期间在该地区被击落的六架盟军飞机的机组人员的致敬。在涉及的36名飞行员中，有14人丧生。
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