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Description: Photograph of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding and an aide with several Battle of Britain fighter pilots (representing "The Few") outside the Air Ministry in London during the celebration of the second anniversary of the RAF's most successful day of the Battle. Left to right as shown: Sqn Ldr A C Bartley DFC Wg Cdr D F B Sheen DFC Wg Cdr I R Gleed DSO DFC Wg Cdr Max Aitken DSO DFC Wg Cdr A G Malan DSO DFC Sqn Ldr A C Deere DFC Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding Flt Off E C Henderson Flt Lt R H Hilary Wg Cdr J A Kent DFC AFC Wg Cdr C B F Kingcome Sqn Ldr D H Watkins DFC WO R H Gretton
Title: Dowding and The Few
Credit: The Royal Air Force 1939 to 1945 by Denis Richards. This image taken from http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar//UN/UK/UK-RAF-I/img/UK-RAF-I-7.jpg
Author: Not credited
Permission: PD-BritishGov. The Royal Air Force 1939 to 1945 by Denis Richards was published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1953 and protected by Crown Copyright. It is now over 50 years old and so it is in the public domain.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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