CONTENTS

FOREWORD

Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC, AE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PRELUDE TO BATTLE

Richard Townshend Bickers

THE RAF

Richard Townshend Bickers

AIRCRAFT OF THE RAF

Gordon Swanborough

THE LUFTWAFFE

Richard Townshend Bickers

AIRCRAFT OF THE LUFTWAFFE

William Green

THE SUPPORT TEAMS

Bill Gunston

BATTLE TACTICS

Air Vice-Marshal J. E. (Johnnie) Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO, DFC, DL

THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE

Mike Spick

BATTLE DAY OF AN RAF PILOT

Richard Townshend Bickers

BATTLE DAY OF A LUFTWAFFE PILOT

Richard Townshend Bickers

BATTLE SUMMARY

Group Captain Sir Hugh Dundas, CBE, DSO, DFC, DL

BATTLE DIARY

Richard Townshend Bickers

RAF HEROES

Richard Townshend Bickers

INDEX

C. J. Davies