It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag. Div Assoc In Memorium. May his shadow never grow shorter . The primary purpose of this site is to show East Anglia as it once was to those who spent some of the most intense moments of their lives here, but who now find it hard to make the pilgrimage to their old haunts. To those who made, and lost, so many friends.
Memory is an odd thing and is often highly selective.
There has been a tendency to recall the histories and exploits of some units in favour of others who have then been either overshadowed or, in some cases, completely forgotten. Short histories and specifications for the principal operational aircraft available on RAF, AAF and Luftwaffe pages. Accessible from their respective pages. An overview and chronology of the Battle of Britain with complete operational deployments for 11group. 5 . Artwork of many of the aircraft described.