ALM supplies copper for Bomber Command Memorial roof

Liam O’Connor’s design of the £6 million Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park has understandably attracted significant media attention. The 2.7 metre-tall sculpture depicting a Lancaster aircrew is housed in a neo-classical structure, the copper roof of which was fabricated from material supplied by ALM Hard Metals of Hoddesdon.

Its spokesman Andy Denham commented, “This is just one of a number of heritage projects for which ALM has supplied metals from traditional lead sheet to zinc to specialist contractor Martin UK Ltd.

The scale of the sculpture means that visitors will always see, with obvious symbolism, the profile of each figure against the sky above them. The surrounding curved copper roof of the 8.5m-tall Portland Stone pavilion, though largely unseen by visitors, adds a subtle finish to what is otherwise a monument of traditional uniformity.

The open entrance will be made from melted down aluminium sections of a Halifax bomber shot down during the war and in which all seven of the crew were killed.

To find out more about the metals available from ALM visit www.associatedlead.co.uk