Battle of Britain Day

[PiobBear]

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few....if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour."

[Riverkilt]

Thanks,

My father occasionally flew Spits for the RAF in 1942...but mostly he flew Hurricanes. Was on the Dieppe Raid. Of course that was after the Battle of Britain, but he was a Montana boy over there before the U.S. forces arrived. Some noble notion of defending the ancestoral homeland.

Ron

[pdcorlis]

One day hardly seems enough.

[Jock Scot]

We don't forget.

[McMurdo]

Thanks for this PiobBear.

[scoutniagara]

I have the movie. It's due for another viewing. Lest We Forget!

[cessna152towser]

Yes thanks for posting PiobBear, Lest we Forget. The anniversary has been rather muted this year - the annual Battle of Britain open day at RAF Leuchars was not held this year as they are re-surfacing the runway to accommodate the new Typhoon Eurofighters.
The tragic crash of a display Hurricane in Kent, England, yesterday, with loss of the pilot's life, has also put a damper on things this year.
I was on duty at our aviation museum today at Carlisle Airport and we had unusually few visitors - though it was a very wet and windy day here.
We did have the Vulcan opened for viewing today, with RAF World War II veteran Newby Tate in charge of the guided tours.

[beowulf67]

Thanks for the reminder.

[Oatmeal Savage]

We owe them beyond measure, never forget.