What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Battle of Britain pilot, Pilot Officer Philip 'Pip' Cardell was born here on 26th September 1917 and killed in action on 27th September 1940. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed, by so many, to so few
Philip Cardell was a Battle of Britain pilot who fought during World War II; his bravery and sacrifice, along with other pilots, were crucial in defending Britain against German air raids.
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