With no slight to the writers this is one of the few sites I know where one might learn more from the comments than from the article - a great added value.
My thanks to both the writer, the commenters, and the museum makers for helping to preserve the truth beyond nostalgia of the many contributions - the designers and their many craft that both pioneered the field and bore the operational brunt of the war.
Looking back it's easy to see the Spit, P51, B17, while eliding the Mosquito, Hurricane, Lancaster, B-24, for example. It ought not be a popularity contest but a balanced appraisal of how it all fit together. The popular histories that make it into schoolbooks focus on the easy sexy, ignoring the realities, glossing the facts, doing disservice to all.
This museum and the others help keep the balance, as do those who pass on the memories. Thanks.