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Description: | The Battle of Britain Tapestry is based on a stained glass window in Westminster Abbey, which is dedicated to the pilots of Fighter Command who paid the supreme sacrifice during the dark days of 1940 in World War II. The Battle of Britain Window is situated in the Royal Air Force Chapel and was designed by Hugh Easton. The idea for the tapestry was developed by Flight Lieutenant R. B. Crook whilst he was in hospital at RAF Halton shortly after World War II. After an initial start it was forty years later that Mr Crook was able to launch the project with the help of the Royal British Legion and 11 artists were involved in painting the canvases, which were sewn together with the help of the Embroiderers Guild. On completion it was presented to Her Majesty The Queen, as Patron of the RAF Benevolent Fund, on 15 September 1990, the 50th anniversary of the conflict. On 18 July 1997 it was moved from Heathrow Airport to be displayed at the RAF Manston Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Building. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | The Airfield
Manston Road
Ramsgate
Kent,
CT12 5DF | FAX: | 01843 821940 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5536 | Go to resource |
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