ST HOUR - Winston Churchill

IMMORTAL WORDS" I look forward confidently to tbe exploits of our figbter pilots — tbese splendidmen, tbis brilliant youtb — wbo will bave tbe glory of saving tbeir native land, tbeirisland borne, and all tbey love, from tbe most deadly of all attacks....tbe Battle ofFrance is over. I expect tbat tbe Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon tbis battledepends tbe survival of Cbristian civilisation. Upon it depends our own Britisb life,and tbe long continuity of our institutions and our Empire....Let us tbereforebrace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves tbat, if tbe Britisb Empire andits Commonwealtb last for a tbousand years, men will still say,'Tbis was tbeir finest bour.' "—Winston S. Churchill, House of Commons, 18 June 1940FROM THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHTHurricane PZ 865, "Last or tne Many," was tne final or 14,533 Hurricanes built by Hawkers.Completed in 1944, she was retained by tbe manufacturers and used for communications andtesting before being presented to tbe BBMF in 1972.Pbotograpb by courtesy of Lincolnshire's Lancaster Association (Ltd.) andDouglas Hall, whose article appears (appropriately) on pages 40-41.