During WW2 they flew over Germany at night to bomb first industial targets but later whole areas including civilian towns. Their average age was 22 and they went out night after night, knowing that their chances of survival were about 50%. More than 55,573 lost their lives and their bodies were not brought back. Harris's strategy of bombing civilian towns was so controversial that after the war no campaign medal was given to the bombers and they were not mentioned in Churchill's victory speech.
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Bomber Command crews
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Bomber Command Memorial
The campaign to bomb civilians was so controversial that the bombers were giv...
Bomber Harris
Unveiled by the Queen Mother on 31 May 1992, the 50th anniversary of the firs...
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Rifleman David William West
David William West was born in New Cross, London and his birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1894 in the Greenwich Registration District, London. He was the second of the three children of E...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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