Battle of Britain Day
Of all the actions during the Battle of Britain the most famous was that on 15 September 1940, commemorated each year as
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Table of contents :
Author's Note --
Prologue --
Map: Fighter Command Group and Sector Boundaries, Airfields and Squadrons, 18 August 1940 --
Sunday 18 August 1940 --
The Lunchtime Engagement --
The Stukas Strike --
The Weather the Victor --
18 August Summed Up --
What the Papers Said --
With Hindsight --
Postscript: How this Book came to be Written --
The Witnesses --
Further Reading --
Appendix A: Equivalent Ranks --
Appendix B: Aircraft Strengths and Locations of Units of Air Fleets 2, 3, and 5 and the Luftwaffe High Command Reconnaissance Gruppe, 17August 1940 --
Appendix C: Aircraft Strengths and Locations of Units of Fighter Command, 17 August 1940 --
Appendix D: Luftwaffe Intelligence Appreciation of Fighter Command, 17 August 1940 --
Appendix E: British Combat Losses, 18 August 1940 --
Appendix F: German Combat Losses, 18 August 1940 --
Map: Luftwaffe Airfields Used During the Attacks on 18 August 1940 --
Index.
