I sit on
ursa_major's side of the fence.
The Capital City of UK, and indeed the Empire, of those who fought and died is a place for a formal statuary monolith. Lincoln, at the heart of "Bomber Country" isn't like that ... but the mental echo of the spire poking through the murk saying "You're almost home now" does it for me.
And the rest of package sells it to me completely, having just visited the
8th AF Museum in Savannah, GA. The artefacts and the history they bring back to life are far more important, IMO.
MPN11 ... Formerly of RAF Waddington