The Queen has unveiled a memorial to tens of thousands of airmen who died in the Second World War. The Bomber Command Memorial remembers the sacrifice of the RAF crew who played a crucial part in winning the War and faced death on a daily basis.
Jim Dooley, Fundraising Director for the Bomber Command memorial has thanked the British people for their support.
"From the very first press releases we had had 80,000 letters that came in with some really rending stories together with cheques and we raised nearly a million pounds," he told ITV News.
"So that gave us the spirit to drive on."
I am an RAF child who grew up with 'V bombers' at the bottom of the garden, they were the fighting machines of post-war Bomber Command
Second World War veterans gathered today to see the Queen unveil a memorial to tens of thousands of airmen who died in the Second World War.
Members of Bomber Command who flew in WWII will receive long overdue recognition for their duty when the Queen unveils a War Memorial