General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

From Tomplum: "To commemorate the pilots who flew the channel to intercept the German bombers who were Bombing us every day to weaken our defenses."

Yes, indeed. Nor should we forget that King Edward VIII, who married an American prostitute named Simpson, and shared her with von Ribbentrop, Nazi Germany's Foreign Minister, was told by Ribbentrop that the bombing of England was not having the desired effect... the English would not surrender...and would Eddie please tell him what to do. Indeed he could. "You must keep on bombing them, only harder, " said his ex-majesty. Eddie and his ho were living comfortably in the Bahamas at the time. The documents of this exchange were made public a few years back.

But I don't want to end on a sour note. A tiny anecdote. In 1949 I worked for the DeHavilland Aircraft Company at Hawarden, just outside Chester. The test pilots (they were working on the Comet then) were former Battle of Britain pilot and I swear, as they walked through the factory in their flying gear, I thought they were ten feet tall. To this day I see them that way, towering over everyone, marvelous, wonderful, incredible heroic men.