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Publisher takes story of ‘Mi Amigo’ WWll aircrew to schools across the worldThe story behind a WWll aircrew and a man who has tended their memorial for over six decades is set to be shared in schools across the world through resources created by Twinkl.

The popular educational resource provider has created presentations, worksheets and a daily news story, designed by teachers for use in the classroom or at home.

Tony Foulds, 82, has visited and looked after the Mi Amigo war memorial in Endcliffe Park in Sheffield since 1953.The memorial commemorates ten WWII airmen who were killed when they crash-landed in the park in 1944.

The airmen were trying to fly a damaged B-17 Bomber plane, nicknamed ‘Mi Amigo’, back to its airbase in Northamptonshire. The aircrew, including the pilot Lt John Glennon Krieghauser, seem to have crash-landed to avoid houses and children playing in Endcliffe Park. This included Tony Foulds, who was 8-years old at the time and witnessed the incident.

Tony has cared for the ‘Mi Amigo’ memorial for decades but his story has only recently become known after a chance meeting with BBC presenter Dan Walker at the park and subsequent news coverage.

Jonathan Seaton, Founder and CEO of Twinkl, said: “We were really amazed by Tony’s dedication to the Mi Amigo war memorial and thought that the story would engage and interest children in the history and inspire them.

“We went to visit Tony in the park and also invited him to see the resources as they were being made so that he could provide input and meet the team.

“The resources can now be used by anyone anywhere in the world and we look forward to hearing back about how they are being used in schools.”

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Friday 15th February 2019

About Twinkl:

• Twinkl Educational Publishing is an online educational publisher providing instant access to a range of teacher created learning materials.

• Twinkl provides materials for a range of different markets; primary and secondary schools, parents, home educators, childminders, English as a second language, special educational needs and disabilities, adult education and a wide range of international markets.

• Twinkl was founded in Sheffield in 2010 by husband and wife Jonathan and Susie Seaton. The company now has a team of over 460 people worldwide.

• Twinkl has more than 525,000 quality classroom resources available to clients, all created in house.• Twinkl has customers in more than 168 countries, including Ascension Islands, Bermuda, Cayman Islands and

Turks and Caicos Islands.• In a recent open survey of 6,300 Twinkl customers, 94 per cent stated they found Twinkl made learning fun for

the pupils, 97 per cent agreed that using Twinkl improves their work/life balance, and more than 98 per cent of customers stated that Twinkl offers a high-quality service.

• Twinkl is an international award-winning company and previous awards include the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2018 (UK), AAP Revere Awards 2017 (Australia), Education Resources Awards 2016 (UK) and Mom’s Choice Awards (US). Twinkl’s CEO Jonathan Seaton also won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the North Scale Up category in 2018.

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Next week will mark the 75th anniversary of the plane crash, which will be commemorated with a flypast by the RAF Lakenheath on Friday 22nd February.

Twinkl creates online teaching and learning resources used by educators across the world including teachers, nursery workers, childminders and parents. There are over 525,000 resources available on the website, with around 267,000 downloaded each day

For more information about Twinkl and to download the resources please visit twinkl.co.uk

A selection of the resources can also be found at the links below:

KS1 The Mi Amigo War Memorial PowerPoint

KS2 The Mi Amigo War Memorial PowerPoint

Blackout Materials Investigation Worksheet

War Memorial Research Worksheet

For more information or any media enquiries please contact media@twinkl.co.uk

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