Trafford Leigh-Mallory1940
Leigh-Mallory takes over from Park as Commander of 11 Group
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Leigh-Mallory takes over from Park as Commander of 11 Group
This record states: Devises with Acting Squadron Leader Douglas Bader a massed fighter formation known as the Big Wing, which they used, with little success, to hunt German bomber formations.
This record states: Leigh-Mallory is critical of the tactics of Park and Sir Hugh Dowding, head of Fighter Command, believing that not enough was being done to allow wing-sized formations to operate successfully.
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