65th Anniversary - Battle of Britain

[Seigfried]

I do not think that the weekend should pass without reference to those brave men of the RAF and our allies who fought and gave their lives in the Battle of Britain.:
Britain (515)
Australia (32 pilots)
Barbados (1)
Belgium (28)
Canada (112)
Czechoslovakia (88)
France (13)
Ireland (10)
Jamaica (1)
Newfoundland (now a province of Canada) (1)
New Zealand (127)
Poland (145)
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (3)
South Africa (25)
US (9)



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4257084.stm

A fitting memorial I think.

Per Ardua Ad Astra

[Auldfella]

Absolutely.

[GELIS44]

!!!

I agree totally!!!

Nate

[VtwinVince]

Excellent. Now, how about the Luftwaffe crews who died?

[Vadim K]

Excellent. Now, how about the Luftwaffe crews who died?

Absolutely irrelevant here. By your logic, if I start a thread in memoriam of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, I also have to honor the German soldiers who died crushing the uprising?

[Adrian Stevenson]

I agree Vadim, it is not relevant in this case. The RAF in the BoB made a huge contribution to us winning the war, without them Britain would have been lost.

I am all for remembering the dead of all sides in the conflict. But please keep the the thread on track.

Cheers, Ade.

[rexmundi]

Where are all the Dutch men from the RAF?

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Rexmundi, can you please add the Dutch losses to this thread if they have been missed off?


Cheers, Ade.

[rexmundi]

I might have spoken to early here. The figures I remembered where Dutch Fighters flying with the RAF in the pacific. Not Battle of Britain.

[Adrian Stevenson]

No worries, I seem to think there were Dutch pilots flying in the BoB? But I was unsure about any losses.


Cheers, Ade.

[David G]

Well I think Luftwaffe crews would be worth a mention-well even in the brilliant film (which I still have the programme for) all crew losses are listed, so no its not irrelevant.

[Seigfried]

Well I think Luftwaffe crews would be worth a mention-well even in the brilliant film (which I still have the programme for) all crew losses are listed, so no its not irrelevant.

[QUOTE=Excellent. Now, how about the Luftwaffe crews who died?.[/QUOTE]

This is a thread that I posted as a memorial to the British and our Allies ( I apologise if I have missed countries out - blame the BBC!) who died in the Battle of Britain - not to the Luftwaffe, depite the fact that many of their young men also sadly lost their lives. If you have an issue with this I suggest that you start an alternative thread.

Thank you,

John

[Paul Jones]

This is a thread that I posted as a memorial to the British and our Allies ( I apologise if I have missed countries out - blame the BBC!) who died in the Battle of Britain - not to the Luftwaffe, depite the fact that many of their young men also sadly lost their lives. If you have an issue with this I suggest that you start an alternative thread.

Thank you,

John

I second that

[Adrian Stevenson]

This thread is about the RAF, please keep it on track Gentlemen.


Thank you.

Cheers, Ade.

[Blindpew]

the R.A.F. - 'Above them all'.
Respect.


Hope I'm okay with slipping this photo I managed to dig out.The reenactor/living history guys do a great job keeping the spirt alive.I take my hat off to them