Originally Posted by
Jackonicko
I disagree.
To elevate Bomber Command's sacrifices above those of Fighter Command, Coastal Command (look at the Blenheim losses, for example), Army Co-operation Command et al, is offensive and divisive.
Well you could say the same about any Campaign Medal! The point is this was a campaign, and of a duration only matched by the Battle of the Atlantic. This wouldn't be a Command Medal, which of course was never issued, but a Campaign Medal, which crews of other Commands did receive if involved in an acknowledged campaign.
Those Blenheims by the way Jacko, whoever flew them were fated, including those operated by Fighter Command in the Battle of Britain, the crews of which were thus acknowledged, or those of Bomber Command that were lost in the Bomber campaign, who weren't.