Issue 6 - Battle of Britain: Contents
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The letter that changed the course of history... The Battle of Britain... Spitfire or Hurricane – which was the best fighter in the Battle of Britain?... RAF Bentley Priory - HQ Fighter Command... Kent's place of pilgrimage... London's monument... Corpo Aereo Italiano... Battle of Britain spirit flies on in the RAF... Across the Channel... Messerschmitt Bf 109E cockpit... 'Defender of London' 1940...
6 Introduction – The debt we owe
8 The letter that changed the course of history
10 The Battle of Britain
22 Spitfire or Hurricane – which was the best fighter in the Battle of Britain?
28 Spitfire versus Bf 109
From a technical viewpoint
30 RAF Bentley Priory
HQ Fighter Command
34 Kent's place of pilgrimage
38 London's monument
40 Battle Honour
Battle of Briatin 1940
42 Making an epic
46 Corpo Aereo Italiano
48 "Like a pea falling on a tin plate"
52 Battle of Britain spirit flies on in the RAF
56 The Battle on canvas
58 They also served
66 RAF Duxford
Battle of Britain fighter station
72 Fighter VC
74 Telling the story of the Battle
78 Taming the 'Sea Lion'
84 Biggin Hill's RAF Chapel
of Rememberance
88 Across the Channel
92 Messerschmitt Bf 109E cockpit
94 'Defender of London' 1940
98 Hurricane scramble
100 Combat Hurricane
102 Paying the price of freedom
108 'Emil'
110 Battle of Britain Day
112 Spitfire 'Ditching'
114 Bader's Battle
116 'Stapme' Stapleton
One of 'The Few'
120 Rare opportunities
122 Tribut to 'The Few'
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Current Issue: The Hawker Hurricane
Two UK fighters have gone from being mere machines to become icons. The first is the Supermarine Spitfire, the second is the subject of the next issue of Aviation Classics... the Hawker Hurricane.
Designed by Sydney Camm, it represented the bridge between biplane and monoplane technology and was originally known as the ’Monoplane Fury’, after the Fury biplane fighter of 1931. The type formed the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, with 18 squadrons in service when the Second World War began in September 1939. Hurricanes saw action over France and the Low Countries before the Battle of Britain began in June 1940, during which they were to shoot down more enemy aircraft than all the other air and ground defences put together. Later, it went on the offensive in Europe – as a night intruder and fighter bomber. Large numbers fought over Malta, the Western Desert, Burma, India and the Far East, excelling as fighters and ground attack aircraft. All over the world the Hurricane earned a reputation for reliability and toughness. This issue tells the story of the Hurricane and its crews from inception to war career.
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• Next issue on sale: 25th May 2012
