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| Service to honour WWII RAF airmen | Service to honour WWII RAF airmen |
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| RAF pilots who defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain are being remembered at a thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey. | |
| Veterans and their families are attending, along with the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and Defence Secretary Des Browne. | |
| The service marks the 68th anniversary of the battle that cost 544 airmen. | The service marks the 68th anniversary of the battle that cost 544 airmen. |
| It was these crewmen Winston Churchill referred to in his phrase "never was so much owed by so many to so few". | It was these crewmen Winston Churchill referred to in his phrase "never was so much owed by so many to so few". |
| Fly-past | Fly-past |
| The service is also being attended by Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy. | |
| After the ceremony, the Prince of Wales, who is patron of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association, and the Duchess were due to meet former aircrew members. | |
| Four Tornado F3s were also taking part in a fly-past over Westminster Abbey. | |
| The defeat of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe by the RAF's Hurricane and Spitfire pilots came at a cost of more than 1,000 fighter planes. | The defeat of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe by the RAF's Hurricane and Spitfire pilots came at a cost of more than 1,000 fighter planes. |