Battle of Britain
Events
Winston Churchill speech
Codenames
Luftwaffer
10hrs before finishing training
Types of Plane (RAF)
Harvard (training)
Tiger moth (training)
Spitfire
Messersmitt 109
350mph cruise speed
2 cannon
Outnumber 4/1
Radar
20 minutes warning
Corps
Observer corps
People
Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
Air chief marcial
30000 plane spotters
Tail dragger - land on all three wheels at once
18 June 1940
Luftwaffer ready July 1940
1000 fighters 1800 bombers
July 10th 1940
Battle for the channel
American built
600 hp
Standard advanced trainer
Automatic undercarriage
200 mph
Hurricane
1700
less than 400
Hawker biplane
Merlin engine
Rolls royce merlin engine
340 mph top
40 ft wingspan
Length 42 ft
height 8ft 9 inch
460 mile range
All metal
Canvas and wood
400 mph
Against fighters
Against bombers
Head: Herman Geuring
Eagle attack (mainland invasion)
Operation sealion (German invasion operation)
Phase 1: August 12th 1940
South coast raids
Aimed for masts
Phase 2: August 15th 1940
Midlands and North raids
Junks 88s
75 Germans shot down - black thursday
Phase 3: August 16th
South coast attack
Keith park
Front line south east
300 aircraft
11 group
Hardest day: 18th August
Biggin Hill
Bomb plane stations
Douglas Bader
12 Group
Midlands and east coast
300 died in the water
Start of Blitz: 7th September
750 luftwfer towards London
No bombs on London first week, foul weather
Battle of Britain day:15th September
Big wing
Luft lost 56 planes
Postponed on 17th September
Dowding System - Early warning radar