Join us Wednesday, October 18th from 6:30 to 8:00 PM for the next installment of our Free Lecture Series featuring the American Air Museum: Exploring Britain & America's Experience of War.

Discover the experiences of the men and women of the US Army Air Forces and their impact on Britain and Europe. The American Air Museum stands as a memorial to the 30,000 members of the US Army Air Forces who died while flying from Britain during the Second World War. It tells the story of the people whose lives were shaped by American airpower over a century of war. The American Air Museum is also home to the largest collection of American military aircraft on public display outside the United States.

Brandon Gregory serves as the Executive Director of the American Air Museum in Britain located in Duxford, England. “My dream job.” That is how Brandon Gregory describes his position as Executive Director of the American Air Museum in Britain. “I get to help tell the stories of American veterans going all the way back to World War I and right up through the present day,” he adds, “and there’s no more important job than that.”

Like many connected to the museum, Brandon has family members who served in the military. That includes his grandfather, Jack Gregory, who served in the US Army and received two Purple Hearts for wounds he suffered while fighting in the European Theatre during World War II. His great uncle Paul Gregory served as a waist gunner on a B-17 that was shot down during the Schweinfurt-Regensburg Raid on August 17, 1943. He spent the remainder of the war as a POW. “They were part of the Greatest Generation that saved the world from tyranny. I’m incredibly proud of them and humbled by the chance to make sure the service of all veterans is never forgotten.”

Brandon earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Averett University in Danville, Virginia. He is married to Leigh Ann, and they have twin, nine-year-old daughters and an 11-year-old dachshund named Hamilton.
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Free and open to the public.
Seating is first come, first served.