caped crusader, many thanks for that most informative post. I suspect that there is a mountain of bureaucracy behind the following:-
I believe that eventually the Trustees hope to list the names of all the 55,573 who died. So what started off as a memorial for those who flew with 1 & 5 Group and all the OTUs & HCUs will eventually pay tribute to BC.
for I can see no logical reason why it couldn't simply start off that way in the first place. If Lincolnshire is up for it, are others not? If this is really a case of the ball being punted around by local politicians, jealous of their own claims to the appalling casualty lists, then shame on them is all I can say.
Bomber Command veterans had to suffer the scheming and betrayal of such people even as they risked life and limb on a nightly basis. Is it not time that their story was told in the context of the campaign in which they
all served, no matter where they were stationed? Is it not time for the politics to stop?