I listened to the service on Radio 5 Live.
I think the memorial is definitely needed especially as they said 50.000 'crews' had died..........That's a lot more than we all thought !
What did annoy me is the way that is was talked about as being a controversial memorial. It is very easy in the safe streets of the UK for short memoried folks to say we should not have this item, but I feel none of the detractors would have been born without the efforts of the (be prepared for a word that is not adequate) brave crews who died to give life and safety to a world in crisis.
Sorry for the rant, but I get very angry when commentators mention how these lads killed civilians, while ignoring a rather infamous chap and his pals across the channel who thought chucking folks into ovens and gas chambers was a good idea!!!
In regards to the bomber command lads the sentence that starts "Greater love hath no man" comes to mind, but even more so when you may be scared witless yet still go on raid after raid.
Last edited by barnstormer1968; 28th Jun 2012 at 22:30.