Durham Cathedral RAF Window Greeting Card

Durham Cathedral Daily RAF Window Greeting Card. Vertical DL greeting card, with a photograph of the RAF Window. This modern stained glass window inside Durham Cathedral, close up, detail photograph of the (Royal Air Force) RAF Window Durham Cathedral, created by Hugh Easton.

The stained glass window was unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester on the 8th of April 1948. This is a beautiful and evocative image. The face of the kneeling airman is a portrait of a #WW2 hero, with Durham Cathedral and the city shown below. The words underneath the image read “As birds flying, so shall the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem…” The window is located in the Nave of the Cathedral, beside the entrance from Palace Green and the Cathedral’s visitor information point. The window next to it is another modern window, the Daily Bread Window, which was unveiled in 1984. This part of the Cathedral is also beside the Galilee Chapel.

Durham Cathedral was nearly bombed during the second world war, there was a raid on the North-East of May 1, when 38 bombers targeted the region, hitting industrial places like Newcastle, Sunderland, South Shields and Jarrow, but also visiting Durham. Bombs fell around Carrville, as if the Luftwaffe were trying to hit the railway viaduct, and two dropped at Finchale Priory – could it have been mistaken for the cathedral which the Luftwaffe had some how lost sight of? When the enemy aircraft were quite close to the coast, there suddenly came over Durham City a dense mist. It was said by someone that a smokescreen had been drawn over the cathedral and castle. It was a ground mist because the moon could still be seen clearly in the sky.

“I have since frequently heard that people in many parts of the country attributed this phenomenon to the spirit of St Cuthbert.” Indeed, Cuthbert’s modus operandi when performing miracles was to control the weather.

Durham Cathedral RAF Window Greeting Card, comes in a clear cello bag, with a white envelope. Card is left Blank Inside for your own message.

This greeting card from Durham Cathedral is produced by kind permission of the Chapter House of Durham Cathedral. This is one of a wide range of photographs taken inside the Cathedral of both the architecture and the stained glass windows. For more Durham Cathedral photographs click here.