SIR DAVID JASON OBE TO OPEN MAJOR NEW EXHIBITION AT YORKSHIRE AIR MUSEUM

The Yorkshire Air Museum is delighted to announce that, in a rare public appearance, Sir David Jason OBE, probably one of Britain's most well-known and respected television actors, will be officially opening the Museum's major new exhibition Against the Odds. This will take place on Wednesday 19^th March 2008 from 12 noon.

Produced in association with the Imperial War Museum, this is the definitive national exhibition and educational resource about Bomber Command in WWII.

It is fitting to be on permanent display at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, site of the largest original Bomber Command station open to the public in Britain and is incorporated in an extensive exhibition hall and cinema complex, with striking artefacts and audio visual displays.

Against the Odds details and explores the international reasons for the formation of this unique force and the unparalleled sacrifice of it's young airmen from all over the world in a highly visual way, and shows the effects of aerial bombing of cities and their populations still a highly controversial subject to this day.

Aviation enthusiast and Honorary Member of the Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial, Sir David Jason is expected to fly himself in to the Museum by helicopter for the opening. Sir David will attend a VIP Reception which will include regional MP's, civil leaders, tourism industry chiefs and Bomber Command veterans from 12 noon, with the public opening ceremony taking place at around 2pm.

Museum Director, Ian Reed said: "This exhibition is the result of several years very hard work and we are grateful for the help of Imperial War Museum in this venture. It is probably the most fitting place in Britain for it to be located and we are especially pleased that our Life Member, Sir David Jason has agreed to undertake a very rare public appearance on our behalf".

more info: www.yorkshireairmuseum.co.uk