I believe around 520 or 530 aircrew were killed during the BoB but does anyone know how many groundcrew and support staff were also snuffed out?
I was fortunate to have served both on a BoB Squadron and a BoB airfield in the 1950's. Later at reunions it was interesting to hear from the surviving BoB ground crew of that time of the appalling conditions they were forced to work under. Some were reduced to sleeping under hedges and hot meals were a rarity but God Bless the Sally Anne and the NAFFI wagon with their hot tea and a wad. Funny there is no memorial to those Heroes!