Battle of Britain Memorial


	Battle of Britain Memorial
ratilfar
7-22-2008 9:45 AM
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battle of britain, ww2, hurricane, spitfire, raf, luftwaffe, courage, freedom
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1a17ff1f-eddd-4fab-9941-9accd0a7d3c0/D261F8A5-5453-4B0F-AB36-795373ECD052/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/mural-1b.jpg" href="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/mural-1b.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bbm.org.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/mural-1b.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bbm.org.uk/img/F4E52D73-9F10-487D-9AEF-D636A9085E4C" alt="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/mural-1b.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/mural-2b.jpg" href="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/mural-2b.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bbm.org.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/mural-2b.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bbm.org.uk/img/A71809C1-CFF4-4145-A694-10D75593B58A" alt="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/mural-2b.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/siteview-b.jpg" href="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/siteview-b.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bbm.org.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/siteview-b.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bbm.org.uk/img/F8FA9862-D79B-4D55-A5E2-D98A9E5147DF" alt="http://www.bbm.org.uk/images/siteview-b.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/about-us/" href="http://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/about-us/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.battleofbritainmemorial.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/about-us/"><P>Geoffrey Page was a 20-year-old Hurricane pilot who was shot down and terribly burned in the Battle of Britain. He spent two years in hospital and became a founder member of the Guinea Pig Club. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/about-us/"><P>Such was his spirit that he returned to active service, became a wing leader, won the DSO and DFC and was badly injured again.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/about-us/"><P>Years later, Geoffrey realised to his astonishment that there was no memorial to his comrades in Fighter Command in 1940. He determined to put right that omission and the National Memorial at Capel le Ferne was the result.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/about-us/"><P>On July 9 1993, Her Majesty the Queen Mother opened the Memorial and Geoffrey’s dream was realised. He died in August 2000, shortly after attending the Memorial Day marking the 60th anniversary of the Battle. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D261F8A5-5453-4B0F-AB36-795373ECD052/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>