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I will have to find the documentary and have a watch, but you maybe right, it was a while ago when I watched it. I would say that pilots who flew in BOB on either side would be very few by now, if not none existent, purely due to their age which would be circa 99. Maybe ground crews and support personnel, and indeed the civilians / Children who may have witnessed it first hand are still around, but again not in the flush of youth. As for the commemoration / celebration that maybe down to personnel perception on my behalf. You maybe correct with your assertion re the 100 year but I would not be too sure given the current gamut of remembrances we seem to be having which seem to outweigh any I remember growing up, which seems odd , maybe as though there is an agenda ?
Kind regards
Mr Mac