内容摘要："We will forever be grateful for their selfless giving and supporting Will in helping him get stronger and becoming the happy and healthy little boy he is today."

"We will forever be grateful for their selfless giving and supporting Will in helping him get stronger and becoming the happy and healthy little boy he is today."

"To be able to go back in time to a place that was so real for them where they built friendships and bonds, it's great."in the B-17, also named "Mademoiselle Zig Zag", which was said to have been the lead plane in the formation of the 100th Bomb Group.

"To see what these men went through and going in those planes and it potentially being their last trip every single time... What sort of mental state do you have to be in for that? It's very important."It felt "oddly familiar" for actor Adam Long to visit Thorpe Abbotts, where the 100th Bomb Group took off for their last mission on 20 April 1945."It's like we've been here before. That is testament to the set designers and how their attention to detail was just incredible," he said.

To build his character, based on Capt Benny DeMarco, he had only photographs to go off. But Capt DeMarco is referenced in Donald L Miller's Masters of the Air book as being the "most competent pilot" one of the group's members had ever worked with.It was the little details which Mr Long said helped build the character.

"Stories and history... can feel a bit abstract but I think it's important to tell their personal stories and make sure that they are remembered as people and the sacrifices they made," he said.

Chair of trustees Reg Wilson said the museum had had a "phenomenal" year since the series aired in 2024."It was better than any of the painkiller drugs they were giving me," he added.

On his return to the UK, and with a long wait for NHS physiotherapy, friends, colleagues and the "close knit" paragliding community got in touch to give advice, he explained.Good physiotherapists as well as craniosacral therapy and everything from yoga, acupuncture and hydrotherapy were all transformative, he added.

The Charity for Civil Servants also helped fund a series of counselling sessions which helped with post-traumatic episodes, he said."The RAF has also been incredibly supportive in giving me the time off for my rehab as well as supporting my return to work," he added.