Supersonic Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 (edited) Having served in the RAF for 14 years (and other reasons) this is important to me. I shall be wearing my RAF tie to work with pride tomorrow. Does anyone know of any events/memorials/services in London tomorrow?? Google just gives the RAFBF dinner (at £300 a ticket!). Another thought.... those guys that gave their all (and still do, including my son) would be be ahorred at what this country has become. H G Wells was right - "do not fear the Bear of the East, fear the rat of the desert" Nige Edited September 14, 2010 by Supersonic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 (edited) This should be important to everybody Never before in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few Edited September 15, 2010 by MC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 This should be important to everybody Never before in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few This is something that so many of us (Myself included I hasten to add- Much to my shame) forget far too often! All who served then and those serve now did/do so without question or hesitation and deserve recognition and respect of the highest order, and I'm not just talking about the "Front Line Guys" or the "Fighter or Bomber Pilots" I'm talking about all of them - The Ground Crews, The Cooks, The Armourers, The Medics, etc, they all play or played their part! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nial Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 There was a programme on about this last night. They were saying that towards the end of the battle of Britain when the Luftwaffe were attacking the airfields the pilots were absolutely shattered, falling alseep into their breakfasts etc. Luckily the Germans changed tack and started bombing london which gave the pilots some respite. If they hadn't managed to hold out until then the RAF could have been wiped out and the Germans almost definitely would have invaded. On one of the first big German bombing raids the RAF got _all_ planes in the south east into the air to attack them, there were only _160_ planes. So it really is so much to so few. Nial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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