Patron:
Admiral the Lord Boyce GCB OBE DL
Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports
Constable of Dover Castle
Vice Patron:
Sir George Martin CBE
Channel Dash Association
"This is an episode in the Battle of the Straits of which Britains can be rightly proud. In planes which, against the German protecting aircraft, were as slow as cart horses compared with a motorcar, 18 men of the Fleet Air Arm flew over the Channel. Crippled and ablaze before they got within range, they kept on, delivered their attacks - and died!"
'18 Men We Shall Never Forget'
By Daily Mail Reporter February 1942
The bravery of the Swordfish aircrew in this and all other operations is a matter of history and must never be forgotten.