BATTLE OF BRITAIN

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 September 1945, Page 6

BATTLE OF BRITAIN

VICTORY COMMEMORATION LONDON, September 15. Londoners again saw the sky filled with planes and heard the harsh chorus of hundreds of motors as 25 squadrons swept low over the city in a fly-past commemorating victory in the-'Battle of Britain. The legless - squadron leader, Douglas Bader, who was recently repatriated from a German prison camp, led 300 fighters in a midday flight from an Essex airfield, around London, over the outskirts and over the east encl, and back over the west end across the city. The flight’s newest Spitfires, Mosquitoes, Typhoons, Beaufighters, Mustangs, and Tempests flew in close formation low over the city buildings. Londoners going home, standing in the streets, and looking up, paid tribute to “the few” who won lhe crucial victory. ABBEY SERVICE (Rec. 1 p.m.) LONDON, September 16. R.A.F. and Dominion Allied airmen, women of the auxiliary services, and representatives of other defence forces marched to Westminister Abbey, where a service was held in thanksgiving for the victory during the Battle of Britain, Air Chi&f Marshal Lud-low-Hewitt, represented the King. Mr. Attlee, members of the Government. Dominion High Commissioners, and members of the Air and Army Councils and Admiralty Board also attended.