86 Years Later, Winston Churchill’s Sentence About the Royal Air Force Is Still the Greatest Tribute Ever Paid to Fighting Men

86 Years Later, Winston Churchill’s Sentence About the Royal Air Force Is Still the Greatest Tribute Ever Paid to Fighting Men

Born in a car outside a bunker, edited by a joke, and delivered mid-battle to describe 2,937 young men of a dozen nations — the fourteen words passed their 86th anniversary this week, the first with none of the Few still living. The full Battle of Britain story behind the greatest tribute ever paid.