More about the memorial

and the airmen?

See

St. Clement Danes and Lord Dowding

Free Czechoslavak Air Force

The Battle of Britain Memorial
(C18 7JJ - near Folkestone and Dover) 

Foto taget af David Davidson - se også hans fotos London War Memorials, nummer 9-13 om dette mindesmærke her.
2,937 britiske og allierede flyvere fløj for RAF Fighter Command i perioden 10. juli til 31. oktober 1940. 544 af dem mistede livet
under Slaget om England. Se Leif Olsens meget udførlige Luftkrigen over England 1940-41.
Tyskerne lærte snart, at bombemaskiner skulle have jagereskorte. RAF fandt ud af det under angrebet på Aalborg West 13. august 1940.
Spitfires havde meget kort rækkevidde. Spitfire Mk. XI blev skudt ned over Danmark - 4 dage efter krigens afslutning i Danmark!

Photo taken by David Davidson - see also his photos London War Memorials the images 9-13 about this memorial here.
2,937 British and Allied airmen flew for the RAF Fighter Command in the period 10th July to 31st October 1940. 544 of them lost
their lives during the Battle of Britain. See also The Battle of Britain Historical Society.
The Germans soon learned that bombers had to have fighter escort. The RAF learned that during the attack on Aalborg West on 13 August, 1940.
Spitfires had a very short range. Spitfire Mk. XI was shot down over Denmark - 4 days after the end of the war in Denmark!