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Bentley Priory to be converted into Battle of Britain museum

The country house from where RAF chiefs commanded “The Few” during the Second World War is to be converted into a Battle of Britain museum, after a five-year campaign.

Bentley Priory in Stanmore, north west London, will become a permanent memorial to Fighter Command’s crucial role in protecting Britain from Luftwaffe raids.

Under Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, the mansion house acted as the RAF nerve centre during the air onslaught of 1940.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)