Welcome to the thread WH, hope you can hang around! You are right to remind us of the monstrous tyranny that this nation was pitted against in WWII and with only Bomber Command available for most of the war with which to do it. It is perhaps a good thing that on the whole we are reflective and uncomfortable about prevailing over our enemies, instinctively wishing to make up and make amends ASAP. Rather it is the relationship with our erstwhile allies that is usually the more strained!
But in this case our discomfort with the destruction wrought in our name by the Bombing Offensive moved on to the hypocritical stance of disassociating ourselves with it and denouncing it, led on by the national leadership and the liberal "thinkers". That was unworthy and callow, and totally betrayed those who had faced such fearful odds night after night to ensure eventual victory. Perhaps true perspective can only come with time. Certainly truth rather than lies, fact rather than fiction, seem to need the span of generations to see the light of day, witness the revision of the "Dresden Files"!
High time then to make amends, starting with the Regents Park Memorial. It will be instructive to count the great and the good who turn out for its dedication, just as it was instructive to see who didn't for the unveiling of Bomber Harris's statue at Clement Danes. Bless you Queen Mum, you at least could carry on looking us all in the face!