What about the erks? No glamour, no spotty scarves, no MG sports cars, no flash of knickers or suspenders. <br />The men and women who worked even worse hours than the aircrew, few or none of them as conscripts: they fed the Few, serviced the aircraft, did the unglamourous admin, fired Bren guns and Bofors to defend the airfields, and flew balloons to defend the cities.<br />Those dwindling numbers of us alive then and alive now have some inkling of memory of our heroes.<br />Thank you all.