The Battle of Britain memorial was opened on 18 September 2005.
It is located on the Victoria Embankment and overlooks the Thames River. A series of bronze panels depict scenes from the Battle of Britain during the Second World War. The image above shows the impact of the German bombing of London, beneath which is one of Sir Winston Churchill's famous statements:
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
The Battle of Britain Monument
website contains information about the project and detailed
images of the monument as seen during the day and at night. It also has a
list of allied aircrew during the Battle of Britain.
Other panels show the pilots scrambling to reach their aircraft to take on the German planes.
The panels mounted both sides of two granite walls measures 25 metres and is a most impressive site. The names of the 2,937 men - pilots and ground crew from 14 countries - who served in the airforce during the Battle of Britain are also listed in panels on the monument.
Additional information about the monument:
Bravery in bronze - the Battle of Britain Monument
War is a fascinating subject. Despite the dubious morality of using violence to achieve personal or political aims. It remains that conflict has been used to do just that throughout recorded history.
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