Of these, 115 were Czechoslovak, members of No 311 Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron RAF. It was established on 29^th July 1940 and fought under the Bomber Command till 18^th April 1942 when enormous loss of Squadron lives caused dislocation of 311 Squadron under the Coastal Command.

The Bomber Command Memorial was unveiled by the Queen in 2012, but has been four times vandalised. For the last time it was during the night of 21^st January 2019. Nevertheless, the RAF Benevolent Fund Charity, that was responsible for building of the memorial and is its official guardian, always have collected new money for repairs of the monument.

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier during his speech expressed his thanks to the RAF Benevolent Fund Charity for organisation of the commemoration service; to representatives of the Allied countries for their presence with an accent on coalition character of Bomber Command operations; and to the veterans for their sacrifice during the war and their attendance at the ceremony.

Besides the representatives of the organising country, allied countries and participating countries during the Second World War were represented during the service by diplomats from Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic (Colonel Jiří Niedoba, Defence Attaché), Denmark, France, Germany, New Zealand, India, Israel, the Netherlands, Poland and the U.S.A. They laid wreaths at the monument on behalf of their countries.