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"The gratitude of each home in our island, in our empire, and even throughout the world except in the abodes of the guilty goes out to the United kingdom airmen who, undaunted by possibilities, unweakened by their continuous obstacle and mortal threat, are turning the tide of world battle by their prowess and their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was a great deal owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, August 20, 1940) At the end of August 2012, the BBC ran a report about the commemoration of a man who was simply wiped out over 70 years before. "A Fight of Britain pilot who was wiped out when his Spitfire crashed following a dogfight in the skies above Kent has been honored. Soaring Officer Oswald St John 'Ossie' Pigg lost his life in the crash at Elvey Farm on Sept 1, 1940. The 22-year-old have been involved in an aerial deal with with a Messerschmitt. A plaque was unveiled near to the site by his niece, Stephanie Haigh, and the Fight of Britain Memorial Airfare carried out a flypast on Thursday." Just 12 days before Pigg's loss of life, British Perfect Minister Winston Churchill acquired already immortalized the men of the Royal Air Pressure with one of the West's most famous wartime quotes. However the sentiment and gratitude Churchill expressed back 1940 is very much alive today. The sacrifice made by "the few", the Uk and Allied fighter pilots who received the Fight of Britain in 1940, remains close to the hearts of the United kingdom public. The part by the BBC is typical of the countrywide sentiment manifested in air shows, museums, Television programs, and books.
