A new memorial inspired by an iconic Battle of Britain photograph has been unveiled in Kent, writes Alex Bowers
TEAM SPACER AND DAVE BROCKLEHURST MBE, FROM LEFT: JANE PRISTON, LORNA DALLAS-CONTE, SARAH CRASKE, DAVE BROCKLEHURST MBE, STEPHEN MELTON, LYNSEY HARRISON, KARINA CRASKE, KEITH DUNMALL, AND JAMES DAVIES
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One summer day, 82 years ago, a photographer visiting RAF Hawkinge at the height of the Battle of Britain snapped a series of shots that would become icons of that campaign: seven worn – but smiling – pilots resting between sorties on the grass before their aircraft.
