ⓘWhat do the D1–D5 confidence tiers mean?›
- D1A single attributed public source (museum, council, Historic England, CWGC, mapping data).
- D2Two or more independent public sources corroborate the same facts.
- D3A named coordinator or local reviewer has confirmed the public-source account.
- D4A named observer has personally visited and documented the site — photographs, inscriptions, condition.
- D5An archive or institution has provided written documentation supporting the entry.
A higher tier means more corroborating evidence, not automatic historical certainty. The Discovery layer does not replace archival verification.
On the cliffs at Capel-le-Ferne above the Channel stands the national memorial to The Few — the aircrew who won the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. At its heart a lone airman in flying kit sits looking out to sea, set within the shape of a propeller cut into the chalk; the Christopher Foxley-Norris Memorial Wall names all who took part. A memorial wing opened on the site in 2015.
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What this page does not claim
- This commemorates The Few of the Battle of Britain (RAF and Allied aircrew, summer 1940), not Soviet forces or the Arctic convoys.
- Names of individuals are on the memorial wall; this discovery record does not reproduce them.
- Endorsement by any named institution; the source is cited for documentary research only.
Sources
- AImperial War Museums — IWM War Memorials Register record for the Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne (The Few, 1940).
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