The Fighters are our salvation… but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory.
-Winston Churchill 1940
The memorial was built to mark the sacrifice of 55,573 aircrew from Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and other allied countries, as well as civilians of all nations killed during raids.
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