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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bomber Command crews
Commemorated ati
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...
Other Subjects
S. E. Hiskey
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Geoffrey Stewart
Killed in action in France, serving with the Coldstream Guards. Son of Sir Herbert Stewart. Andrew Behan found the photo and has researched this man:Â Captain Geoffrey Stewart was born on 28 Octobe...
1 memorial
Sir Herbert Jessel
Colonel Herbert Merton Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel, British soldier and Liberal Unionist, later Conservative politician. A member of the Westminster City Council, he served as the third Mayor of Westm...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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