50th Anniversary Battle Of Britain SO FEW HM QUEEN ELIZABETH Rec\'d #1 RARE BOOK For Sale

This Fine Art Folio commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the
Battle of Britain the most crucial in British History.Amazing and very hard to find LIMITED edition to ONLY 401 COPIES
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth received the 1st copy. This book is held in the Library of Congress in Washington.
From what we have researched from Sothebysand Christies, this book should sell forbetween $5,000 and $10,000 at an sale.In 1990, together with a select group of authors and photographers,
the Limited Edition Fine Art Folio So Few,
a book dedicated to all who fought with the RAF in the Battle of Britain. The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely in the skies. When the battle was over 544 RAF pilots and aircrew were dead. The conflict brought together a truly multinational force comprising 574 British, 139 Poles, 98 New Zealanders, 86 Canadians, 84 Czechoslovakians, 29 Belgians, 21 Australians, 20 South Africans, 13 French, 10 Irish in addition to others from the USA, Jamaica, Palestine and Southern Rhodesia. During the Battle, on 20th August 1940, the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, said: ‘The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the World War by their prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.’
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It\'s unique value lies in the personal contribution made by
25 Survivors of the Battle.
Thanks to them, the following have been able to produce
this folio in order to raise a substantial sum for
the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.


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You are offerding on number 142 of 401
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE This Fine Art Folio commemorates
the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain
the most crucial in British History.It has been designed to last several centuries
and represents all that is best in tradition book production. Below is an incredible story about how this book was created,
as written in this pamphlet which is included with the book.
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Below in the information as written.
Please read it ~ it\'s very interesting! THE STORY OF \"...SO FEW\" ONE DAY IN APRIL 1988 Ken Rimell, Director of the Museum of D-day Aviation in Chichester, came to the studio of Mike Pierce in that city and asked the artist to do a silhouette painting of Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst. Mike recalls \"I spent the best part of a day in Sir Harry’s company. My first impression was simply that he was a very old man, though he had a noticeable sparkle, a light in his eyes. It was only when I painted his silhouette that I realised that in that profile was a titanic ‘gutsy’ character, full of grit and determination. It impressed me more than any of the hundreds of such commissions I had completed.\" When he was a boy Mike had regarded the Battle of Britain pilots as his heroes, and suddenly he wondered if, through his art, he might be able to pay some sort of tribute to them He mentioned the idea to Sir Harry, who said \"Jolly good idea. Don’t forget Bomber Command.\"
Working at his drawing board a few days later Mike reminated on the fact that in the 18th Century the silhouette was a very popular art form. J. K. Lavater, the Swiss physiognomist, commissioned profile artists to send him copies of every example of heir work, together with an assessment of the subject’s character. From this few the science (or art) of attempting to relate character to such features as sloping foreheads and receding chins. The massive strength of character in Sir Harry’s profile struck the artist most forcibly. What about the survivors of the Battle Of Britain, who had needed every ounce of determination to go on battling against seemingly insurmountable odds? What would their profiles reveal? Such vague thoughts increased Mike’s resolve to try to do something. What could he do? As an artist specializing in the silhouette he thought of some kind of mini-exhibition, perhaps at the RAF Museum. Gradually his thoughts turned towards a fine-art folio in the form of a book, perhaps featuring six surviving pilots. Each might be represented by a 1989 silhouette, brief biography, memorabilia (Mike thought only of a page from a Flying Log-book) and a handwritten reminiscence. Most of Mike’s silhouettes are ‘one-offs’; they are all originals. But he saw that this book might be manufactured in a limited production run and sold to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund. This really fired him with enthusiasm; but how could he tackle such a project? Mike went with Ken Rimell to the 1988 Farnborough airshow. Mike explained that he needed some kind of a sponsorship or assistant. Coming back through Farnham Rimell said \"You ought to talk to John Golley. He’s a former Hurricane and Typhoon pilot. He’s had a lifetime as a dynamic marketing man, and now he’s a best-selling author.\" Suddenly Rimell said \"Quick, turn left into this drive.\" And so Mike met John Golley. In Mike’s words \"John had lately undergone major surgery and didn’t look at all well. But as soon as I began to tell him about my vague idea he seemed to come to life. Suddenly he was the busy executive. He seemed to grow more and more alert as I watched, probing, pressing for more information, throwing the counter-suggestions, talking about markets, costs and possible difficulties. I showed him a crude fumy front cover I had made, with a pair of wings and the title \"…so few\". next morning John telephone and said simple ‘This project of yours, I’d like to join forces.\"’ This was the first serious positive reaction Mike had had. It was at that moment that he actually believed something might come of the idea. It was also at this time that the project definitely hardened into a book. Mike recognized that such a book could hardly expect to say anything new, or throw any fresh light on the Battle. He just saw it as a tribute not just to the survivors, or the small group selected for inclusion, but for all Allied aircrew and a vehicle which might make money for the RAF Benevolent Fund. John Golley called him back to Farnham, where they had a meeting with a neighbor, ‘Wag’ Haw, a survivor of the Battle. Mike recalls, \"Wag doesn’t say much, but he thinks a great deal. He just said ‘Nice idea. What do you expect to make out of it?’ I explained that I hadn’t thought of making anything, that I hoped all proceeds would go the The Fund. This clinched it with John. He had the experience to see that we were not discussing a commercial proposition but something rather special. From that very meeting John began to pull it all together. He is like a Catherine wheel; he goes off in all directions, yet somehow it all funnels into a single well-thought-out and crystal-clear project.\"

It was at this meeting that John said \"We need an editor, we need the expertise of Bill Gunston.\" Bill recalls, \"John telephone and said ‘Here’s something you can do for nothing.’ I replied ‘You gotta deal.’ How could anyone possible refuse such a proposition? I didn’t even ask what the product was.\" It seemed obvious that, in order to turn the book from an idea into reality, it would be essential to have financial backing, some form of sponsorship. Some people approached didn’t want to know, explaining that they had many such requests, but Rolls-Royce were very supportive. They were instrumental in the production of a marketing brochure. They underwrote all costs of a gift to each pilot in the form of a framed silhouette portrait, different from those in the book. They also published a major feature article about the book, written by Bill, in the prestigious Rolls’Royce Magazine. Of course this is the famous aero-engine company, which produced the Merlin engine fitted to Hurricanes and Spitfires. After the concept continued to harden, John explained that the book had to be more substantial, a grander production than Mike had ever dreamed of. This could not be a mass-market book to sell at £4.99; it had to be a limited-edition fine-art portfolio produced to the highest possible standards, to be priced at hundreds of pounds. Mike talked to Sothebys and Christies and was told that a limited edition normally meant between 200 and 500 copies. John did a few sums and said \"To clear half a million pounds for The Fund we need 400 copied priced at £1,600. We\'ll produce 401, and present No 1 to Her Majesty The Queen. Mike had never thought of a £1,600 book! John pointed out that it would have to contain more than six subjects, and suggested 25. Mike had a list of his boyhood heroes, and began to pick names, but it as soon obvious that they might have to explain the omission of a worthy husband or father. The answer was obvious: ask the Battle Of Britain Fighter Association to pick 25 names. Mike visited the Secretary, Pat Hancock, who said \"Sounds a nice idea, but I think you should talk to our Chairman, Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris.\" On 12 October 1988 the first formal meeting took place. John and Mike made a very professional presentation to the Controller of the RAF Benevelent Fund, Air chief Marshal Sir Thomas (Jock) Kennedy, and the Director of Appeals, Air Vice-Marshal Freddie Hurrell. They were uncertain of the outcome, but later that month Sir Jock wrote to John \"I am sure that it was obvious to both of you that Freddie and I were quickly and completely convinced that this prestigious production will be one of the cornerstones of the anniversary year, and will end up as the jewel in what we intend to to be a memorable Anniversary Crown.\" On 3 November Bill attended his first meeting, and eight days later Roy Asser, famed fine-art photographer, joined the team. His task was primarily to photograph each pilot\'s memorabilia; little did he guess what intractable problems lay ahead! on the 18th a meeting was help at the RAF Club with Sir Denis Crowley-Milling. On the 25th Mike talked with Robert Gieve, of Gieve & Hawkes, who agreed to supply two rather special items: the RAF pilot wings for the cover and the silk bookmark. Both were to be specially manufactured, the bookmark bearing the emblems of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association and the wings being of the type issued during the reign of King George VI, as worn during 1940. On 8 December Mike had a busy day. He started by talking to Tim Matthews of Christies and John Gardner of Sothebys, both of whom confirmed the \"tremendous investment potential\" of the proposed book. Both agreed that such a product could multiply in value within five years. He then went on to discuss the project with Ted buyer, Craft Director of Hartnolls, of Bodmin, world-famous for the quality of their book manufacturing. As for the printer, that too seemed a forgone conclusion: world-renowned Royle Print. They were brought in on 9 January 1989, and ever since Jeremy Royle has regarded this book as something absolutely special. On 11 January a meeting was held with Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris. He poured cold water on the proposition, and adopted a totally negative stance. Mike later realised this was a studied ploy: \"Had we given up, that would have been that. He was testing us and we kept fighting back, countering his objections and convincing him it was for the RAF family. He turned completely around, shook hands and said ‘OK, I\'ll give you my full support.’\" On 7 February the team discussed the entire project. The nook size was agreed at 330mm x 245mm (13in x 9.65in). For the plates, special paper weighing 260g (well over half a pound) per square metre was selected, faced by tipped-in acid free tissue. For the main body of the book another very special paper was chosen, to ensure that it would not oxidise (go brown at the edges) or in any other way deteriorate until many centuries had passed. Not least, in order to pay the bills at the manufacturing stage - actual production cost being predicted at £124,002, needing 78 books to be sold to break even - it seemed that a bridging loan of £140,000 would have to be found. On 15 February the list of 25 names was received from the Fighter Association. From then on it was \"all systems go.\" For the rest of 1989 all members of the team visiting the 24 pilots and an air gunner, who live in places as far apart as Black Isle, Scotland, and Paris. Their instinctive reaction was \"Why me? Who would want to read about what I did? Other people had a far tougher time than I did.\" Most would have refused to have anything to do with the project had they not known that every penny of profit was going to The Fund. John, who with Bill had written the biography of Sir Frank Whittle, knew that the jet-engine pioneer was besieged by people wanting all kinds of favours. But as soon as Sir Frank heard that the purpose of the book was to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund, he agreed, at 82, to contribute an important appraisal of what might have happened if his invention had not been held up for over seven years. Bill contributed \"Fifty years on\", and was greatly help by ‘Bee’ Beamont and Fighter Association historian Tom Gleave who checked it most carefully and offered critical comment. Roy had been using Hasselblad cameras and equipment exclusively in photographing the memorabilia, and in recognition of this the company met the expenses of the Press Reception in July 1990. On 15 May Brian Masterton joined the team. Throughout 1989 Bill had risked becoming a bore by ceaselessly saying \"We ought to have a graphic designed.\" Just to shut him up Brian was appointed, and showed his worth from Day 1. On 9 June the marketing brochures arrived, and from then on it was possible to start actively marketing the product. Here Ian Dunning, who had been appointed Press Officer back in January, played a big part in organizing little (sometimes big) mentions in newspapers and magazines. Not to be outdone by Bill he placed a big feature article in the prestigious magazine of the other Rolls-Royce company, who makes cars. Throughout1989 Mike virtually had to abandon his normally lucrative trade. Roy gave a year of him time, and incurred very high costs, producing photographs as near to perfection as possible, and in a timescale other leading photographers have said they would be reluctant to attempt. John visited 21 of the 25 subjects and wrote their mini-biographies, to be edited by Bill. Then in November he had to return to hospital for what he called \"my second tour of ops\", so Bill took on the remaining four biographies. Kenneth Wynn gave permission for the use of his Roll of Honour from Men of the Battle of Britain. This was then arranged in alphabetical order, instead of by squadrons, and with Tom Gleave’s and Pat Hancock’s help, carefully updated. When you hero-worship someone you run the risk of lauding something created by a publicity machine. You can, for example, confuse the heroic roles played by a film star with the man himself, whose life may not bear the slightest scrutiny. Here it was quite different. Mike said \"I have not had one illusion shattered. Indeed, the privilege of getting to know these men is truly wonderful. One of them sent his handwritten reminiscence with the briefest of covering letters: ‘Herewith the bullshit’. Anything less like bullshit could not be imagined; it had brought tears to my eyes as I read it.\" Mike let each subject choose what he wanted to wear for his silhouette. He recalls \"Gandi Drobinski never hesitated; he changed into his uniform right down to his socks, I couldn’t help noticing he left his top button undone; he’s still a fighter pilot 50 years later.\" Al Deere no longer has his uniform; he gave it to a Cranwell cadet. But he didn’t hesitate either; he wore his ‘hole in one’ golfing tie. Jas Storrar is to this day an Auxiliary; all his jackets have red silk lings. The MacDonell Chieftain clearly had to be portrayed full-length. Another full-length silhouette is that of Sir Denis Crowley-Milling. He told Mike \"I’m Secretary of the Order of the Bath, and my robes are rather special\" Mike persuaded him to wear them for the silhouette. When each silhouette was at last finished it was taken to Royle Print and 500 copies printed on the heavy paper. Mike then took all 500 for the subject to sign, in pencil, after which Mike signed the mounted silhouette and die-stamped it. With a magnifying glass, he then picked the required 401 perfect copies. In Paris Col Henry Lafont told Mike \"I would never dream of participating in a book were it not for the fact that I can thereby pay tribute to my friends who fought with me in the Battle. Nowhere in France are there names recorded.\" After Mike had brought the finished silhouettes for him to sign - which he did in a single two-hour session - he produced his own Free French pilot’s badge and gave it to Mike. G.H. Bennions had problems. He got his doctor to take him off medication for 24 hours. Even then he found ‘Ben’ easier than ‘G.H.’, and he signed the lot. After 50 years the pilots can still make sacrifices. As for Miro Mansfeld, when he saw his finished silhouette he called out, \"Bobina! Come quickly. See. I am a hero. No longer do I have to do the washing up.\" If 1989 was the year of creation, 1990 was the year of production. Jeremy Royle is very used to quality printing, but he said \"We’ve never quite equaled this.\" He and his team - notably Frank Southwood, a meticulous in-house sub-editor - spared no pains to achieve perfection. For the body of the book they chose Mohawk Cartridge, a paper with unrivalled archival properties. This was then washed on both sides with a special coating to give maximum support to whatever was printed on it. For the photographs of memorabilia a specialist ink laboratory was consulted, and they recommended a particular ink with unusually rich non-fading qualities. Then each printed image was spot-varnished to add luminosity. All this was necessary because the heavy cartridge does not give the immediate brightness of a common short-life art paper. The tissues were selected from a choice of more than 100, from many countries. For the marbled end-papers the obvious choice was Cockrell, the world leader. But there is little demand today, and the famous company had gone out of business. No problem; a handful of their old-timers were collected and produced the special end-papers. Down in Cornwall, Hartnolls gathered the signed prints, and inserted them securely into each book, with 22-carat gold edging. But there was a problem with the covers. Again for long life, the choice for the offering was Chieftain goatskin. This was then dyed RAF blue. Some people thought the final shade too dark, but the RAF Museum supplied a piece of 1940 uniform, and when this was placed over the final prototype skin it disappeared; the shade was exact. But the book was originally planned to have 180 pages. When it grew to a final total of 272 Ted buyer scratched his head. \"There were only enough Chieftain skins for 300 of the thicker books. So we scoured the world and imported the rest from New Zealand. Unfortunately Chieftain skins from New Zealand are smaller than African goats, so we had to reject about four out of every five. We just made it.\" Throughout the early months of 1990 Mike worked with Brian Masterton to convert typesetting into a work of art. Sometimes, as in fitting in handwritten stories of wildly different length, there were difficult problems. Many were the days that finished in the small hours of the following morning. There was the occasional lighter moment. Ted wished to see how the 272 pages of Mohawk would ‘bulk up’, so he made up a dummy book. He covered it with an odd skin that was lying around. When he received it Mike was shocked to find that, while it had beautiful wings and a gilt title, the cover was green. Just then the phone rang. Ted said \"Ah, Michael, I expect you noticed the cover was green.\" The reply was \"Thank Heavens, I thought you’d stopped taking the tablets.\" Ted laughed so much he had to put the phone down. But behind the laughter it was dead serious. The gold embossing, for example, is not foil but sheet gold impressed into the cover. The gold on each cover, valued by weight, is worth £7. So what about the £140,000 bridging loan? Such a loan could have been arranged, but it was never needed. Orders began to come in for the book, providing a steady trickle of 10 per cent deposits, and these paid for the ongoing costs of production. In other words, thought the team had not dared to predict this, the whole project proved to be self-financing. As 1990 dawned, the number of copies ordered had reached the 280 level, and before the first completed volume came off Ted’s bench in Cornwall on 6 July it had reached 308. One, incidentally, was bought by the Royal Bank of Scotland to present to The Queen Mother. In November 1989 Mike designed a display cabinet, and had a beautiful prototype made in mahogany, with brass hinges, an RAF blue interior (in moire’ silk for longevity) and a beveled glass lid. Much discussion ensued, mainly over the desirability of a case wide enough to display an open book. A different prototype display case was later made for the Press launch of \"…so few\" on 13 July 1990, as an optional extra. It has been a great privilege to create this book. Above all, it has been made possible only by the contributions made by the 25 selected survivors of the Battle. And, to a man, they wish it to be emphasised that they have agreed to be involved only as representatives of that greater Few who saved civilization 50 years ago. The last thing to be done, apart from writing this, was to sign the authentication certificates, and this was done at a specially convened ceremony lasting over two and a half hours. The last signature was greeted with raised champagne glasses.
On behalf of The Few...
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All of the silhouette profiles in this fantastic book were by created by:
Michael Pierce VPSLm

PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Wg Cdr P. P. C. BARTHROPP (and) Wg Cdr R. P. BEAMONT
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Sqn Ldr G. H. BENNIONS (and) Air Vice-Marshal H. A. C. BIRD-WILSON
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Air Cdre P. B. BROTHERSEach silhouette in this book is covered by a piece of acid free tissue.
We have take a couple of pictures showing their silhouette with and without the tissue.
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Air Marshal Sir Denis CROWLEY-MILLING (and) Gp Capt W. D. DAVID
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Air Cdre A. C. DEERE (and) Sqn Ldr B. H. DROBINSKI
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Flt Lt J. H. DUART (and) Gp Capt T.P. GLEAVE
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher FOXLEY-NORRIS
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Gp Capt N. P. W. HANCOCK (and) Sqn Ldr C. HAW
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Cdr R. C. HAY (and) Gp Capt C. B. F. KINGCOME
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Colonel Henry Gaston LAFONT (and) Air Cdre A. R. D. MacDONELL
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Sqn Ldr M. J. MANSFELD (and) Wg Cdr A. G. PAGE
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Wg Cdr P. L. PARROTT (and) Gp Capt D. F. B. SHEEN
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Wg Cdr F. M. SMITH (and) Wg Cdr J. E. STORRAR
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Wg Cdr G. C. UNWIN
Michael Pierce VPSLm Michael Pierce was trained in the profiling art as a pupil of the late W. Ellis, a tutor at the prestigious Slade School. He is now the only full-time, practising profile miniaturist with pupil/tutor links extending back to the 18th century. Because of his unique background, his work is in constant demand, and he travels extensively to his many clients both at home and abroad. In 1977 he was invited to produce the silhouette profiles of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh for the Silver Jubilee. This was followed by an exhibition at Goldsmiths\' Hall in London. In 1990, together with a select group of authors and photographers, he produced the Limited Edition Fine Art Folio So Few, a book dedicated to all who fought with the RAF in the Battle of Britain. Hand crafted to the highest possible standards, the 401 copies (priced at £1,600 each) were sold generating over one third of a million pounds for the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. Those who now own the books include HM The Queen and HM The Queen Mother. In 1992 Prime Minister John Major presented a copy to US President George Bush. This is now included in the collection of the Library of Congress in Washington. In 1995, Michael Pierce was again part of the team which created the companion volume to So Few. Entitled So Many, this book is dedicated to all who served with RAF Bomber Command in World War II. The popular version of this Limited Edition Folio attained the WH Smith number 2 position in their \'Non-Fiction Best Sellers\' list within a few days of publication. Michael Pierce is acknowledged as the foremost master now living of the painted silhouette art. His work is avidly collected not only in the UK, but in Europe, the USA and the Far East. In 1992 he was elected Vice-President of the Society of Limners, and in 1996 received the Civic Award for his services to the City of Chichester. His work has recently been exhibited in London, Chartres and San Francisco. Country Life magazine has made him one of their elite \'Living National Treasures\'.We had the pleasure of communicating via email with Michael Pierce.
He is a wonderful person and he was most helpful explaining things to us
and giving us information about the importance of this folio.

>PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE The purchasers of these books were scattered across many elements of society ranging from families who had a direct association with pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain, to aviation enthusiasts, to collectors of antiquarian books, to historians and so on. Copy number one is owned by HM The Queen.
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE The above is a photograph of British Prime Minister John Major, presenting a copy of ...so few
to President George Bush (senior) which is currently held in the Library of Congress, Washington.
PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE H.R.H. The Duke of Kent wrote to foreword to this book. THE FOLIO WAS CREATED BY
Michael Pierce, John Golley, Roy Asser, Bill Gunston,
Brian Masterton and AVM Freddie Hurrell.PRODUCTION WAS ENTRUSTED TO
Royle Print of London; Hartnolls, Bookbinders of Bodmin
and The Phoenix Setting Company of Portsmouth.SUPPORTED BY Rolls-Royce plc, Hasselblad UK, Gieves & Hawkes
and The Royal Bank of Scotland.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO
Ian Dunning, Kenneth Wynn, The Royal Air Force Museum
and The Public Records Office.
Title Page photograph and photograph of
Sqn Ldr J. H. Lacey by courtesy of
The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London
(Crown Copyright).
There were 401 limited edition original copies offered for saleand the sale of them raised about
one third of a million pounds for the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. The creators gave their time freely.
All of the pilots featured in the book have since died. Here is an article we found on the Internet
which we dated 6 September 2012 : Royals join Battle of Britain veterans at thanksgiving service The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall joined Battle of Britain veterans and
their families at a service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey today.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall attend the Battle of Britain Service of
Thanksgiving and Rededication at Westminster Abbey Credit: Sang Tan/PA Wire The annual service marked the nation\'s gratitude for the pilots and aircrew of the Royal Air Force
who prevented Germany from gaining air superiority in the summer and autumn of 1940. Some 544 RAF pilots were killed in the struggle to save the UK from invasion. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall pose with RAF veterans Credit: Sang Tan/PA Wire The service also celebrated the achievements of the men and women of the RAF serving today.

This is truly a masterpiece you will treasure for many years!

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