18 August 1940
Battle of Britain
Advocates concentrating fighters into larger formations against German raids.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Duxford in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Advocates concentrating fighters into larger formations against German raids.
Leads No. 242 Squadron during the Battle of Britain.
Bales out badly wounded and later loses part of his left leg.
Is shot down during combat with German bombers east of Duxford.
Leads fighters from Duxford during the major September battles.
Supports the use of large Big Wing formations against Luftwaffe bombers.
Provenance
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