Fighter Command honoured at Westminster Abbey: The Church of England Newspaper, September 20, 2012

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall honoured the men and women of Fighter Command last week at a service at Westminster Abbey commemorating the Battle of Britain.

The service began with the laying of wreaths at the RAF memorial by the Thames on London’s Embankment, moving to Westminster Abbey where some of the dwindling band of Hurricane and Spitfire pilots who defended the skies over Britain in the summer and fall of 1940 were welcomed by serving RAF members. A Spitfire of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight provided a flypast as the service concluded.

“The few did not let us down; they displayed courage over fear and hope rather than despair” the Ven. Raymond Pentland, Chaplain-in-Chief of the RAF, told the congregation at the 16 Sept 2012 service.

First printed in The Church of England Newspaper.