Sunday, 15 September 1940: ‘Battle of Britain Day’. 84 years on, on Sunday 15 September 2024, Dilip explores whether this deserves its place in histoy as ‘Battle of Britain Day - and considers other hard-fought days…
I had the pleasure of seeing the BBMF Lancaster flying over the car show I attended. Although it obviously wasn't a participant in the BoB, it was a poignant reminder of all the people who fought for Britain in WW2.
It was my great pleasure to spend an afternoon with Wing Commander Chris Currant at his home in Somerset in the late 90s. I have a feeling he did pretty well in August 15th 1940. He flew with 605 Squadron...he was such a charming man.
@@andrewmacdonald4833 yes, I knew him well. ‘Bunny’ suffered PTSD and write poetry to express his feelings, some of which I have published in various books over the years. Inn1993 he gave me a Spitfire pin badge which I still wear proudly on occasions. Wonderful man.
I've seen spitfires fly a few times, the sound of the Merlin's is awesome. The first time was over Scarborough bay August bank holiday 87 at a scooter rally, thousands watched. Also what happened to the battle of Britain badge day? Mind you my bday is September 15 and I was born in 67. We have forgotten about the sacrifices
Hi Dilip Thanks for your videos , they are very informative as both myself and my 2 sons have always been interested in the Battle of Britain. I am getting in touch with you today because today 17/09/24 is the anniversary of the death of sergeant pilot Eddie Egan, shot down over Bethersden in sept 1940. My son is Married to an Egan (Kate) and obviously has a whole related family. It seems that they didn't know much about Eddie until recently and may possibly look into having a marker or monument placed at the crash site, as many have done. Maybe you could enlighten us on how to go about this. Also for my own interest , do you know or can we find out who shot him down? Somebody must have made that claim on the day? Thanks Dilip!
@@derekalldridge4637 hi, I know a great deal about Eddie, and knew his sister and Tony Pickering, who was flying with him on the fatal day. In fact you will find the story mentioned in one of The Missing Few videos, possibly 43 or 4. I’m away until Thursday but please email me and I will come back to you ASAP: dilipsarkarmbe@yahoo.co.uk
@@battleofbritain_DilipSarkar That's great! The family would love to know more about him and what happened to him. I have been watching the videos and we love the photo of him that you have. It isn't one that we had seen before.
It all does really as the old saying goes "One Swallow/Swift doesn't make a Summer".So was a continuous Battle from day one onwards. Another thing that so many never think about/consider is the fantastic effort that all the Ground crew did to keep all the planes flying and crews looked after working round the clock plus repairing the airfield and manning the defences and many was also killed while doing there duties.
