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The annual service on Battle of Britain Sunday is held in Westminster Abbey on the Sunday on or following Battle of Britain Day (15 September), and has taken place annually since 1943; the first service took place in St Paul's Cathedral and since has taken place in the Abbey. [3] The format of the service has not changed since 1943.
Battle of Britain Day, 15 September 1940, is the day on which a large-scale aerial battle in the Battle of Britain took place. [8] [10] [11] [12] [13]In June 1940, the Wehrmacht had conquered most of Western Europe and Scandinavia.
The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, lit. 'air battle for England') was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
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In 1969 he appeared in the film Battle of Britain (1969) as a pilot with facial burns in a scene with Kenneth More and Susannah York. He was a member of the Guinea Pig Club and gave support to burns victims from subsequent conflicts. He said he often had an empty seat next to him on his train journeys to work as people would move away when they ...