"We do not want to be remembered as heroes, we only ask to be remembered for what we did....that's all"
"I regard it as a privilege to fight for all those things that make life worth living - freedom, honour and fair play"

The Airmen's stories
 

One thing that has been requested on this website is the publication of airmens stories and perspectives of the Battle. The closest that we have come across are those that have been published on our other website at bbm.org.uk and we mirror those stories here on the Society website.

More will be added later including some that have been published in "Scramble" that have met with wide acclaim. In the meantime those that have appeared on the Monument website are as follows:

The Aim of the Battle of Britain Historical Society

TO perpetuate the memory of the Battle of Britain. Now and for future generations.
TO ensure that the Battle of Britain be properly commemorated in future years.
TO find and record grave locations of Battle of Britain airmen wherever in the world they are buried.
TO assist, wherever possible, in the renovation and maintenance of neglected graves of Battle of Britain airmen.
TO give lectures on the Battle to students in schools throughout Britain, the Commonwealth and the U.S.A.
TO pay regular visits to the graves of those Battle of Britain airmen who no longer have family or friends to visit them.

THE QUOTES ON OUR BANNER

"We do not want to be remembered as heroes, we only ask to be remembered for what we did....that's all"
W/C Robert "Bob" Doe British 234 & 238 Squadrons Fighter Command

"I regard it as a privilege to fight for all those things that make life worth living - freedom, honour and fair play"
Pilot Officer William "Bill" Millington Australian 79 & 249 Squadrons Fighter Command

PERPETUATING THE MEMORY
© The Battle of Britain Historical Society 2006