No one was a junior partner at the Battle of Britain

Our Eton educated Prime Minister was obviously wagging when his history lesson concerning 1940 took place. So Dave, if you happen to read this please take the time to also remember that as we commemorate them today, the numbers who were awarded the Battle of Britain clasp for having flown at least one authorised sortie with an accredited unit of RAF Fighter Command is as follows:

Great Britain - 2,342
Australia - 32
Barbados - 1
Belgium - 28
Canada - 112
Czechoslovakia - 88
France - 13
Ireland - 10
Jamaica - 1
Newfoundland - 1
New Zealand - 127
Poland - 145
Rhodesia - 3
South Africa - 25
United States - 9


nick