Their Finest Hour Pilots Of The Battle Of Britain

Should, God forbid, France fall, we will need every available aircraft and every trained pilot to defend the shores of Britain from the invasion force, which most surely will come. These words, written by Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to Prime Minister Winston Churchill in May 1940 could not have been more true.There remained twenty miles or so of water between Hitler and Great Britain. Unless Hitlers Air Force had control of the skies between France and England, any attempt to send an invasion force across that narrow strip of water would be disastrous.The stage was therefore set for an epic battle to control the skies over the English Channel and Southern England. Although aircraft production had been sufficiently increased, fighter pilots took up to eighteen months to train. It was here that the RAF were in desperate need and unless Britains pilots could shoot down Luftwaffe aircraft at a rate of nearly four to one, the RAF would be shot from the skies within weeks and Europe w Lees meer over de Their Finest Hour Pilots Of The Battle Of Britain van huismerk in de productgroep entertainment