15 Settembre 1940: una data chiave nella Battaglia di Bretagna, come RAF sega off onde di attaccare i bombardieri della Luftwaffe e i combattenti.

• Collaboratore: Gary Eason / Flight Artworks / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: EN9J52
• Dimensioni dei file: 34,5 MB (823,1 KB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 4256 x 2832 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14,2 x 9,4 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 15 settembre 1940

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15 September 1940 was a turning point in the Second World War. This was the day on which Hitler was left in no doubt that his Luftwaffe not only had failed to achieve the air superiority over the Royal Air Force that he needed to mount a cross-Channel invasion of Britain - but was coming off worst in the conflict. This depicts the afternoon action when some 114 bombers came over in three main columns, escorted by several hundred fighters. In the centre, Heinkel He 111s of KG 53, are being attacked by RAF Fighter Command Spitfires from No 66 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Rupert Leigh in Spitfire R6800 LZ-N. Hurricanes from No 1 (RCAF) Squadron swoop from above. They are being challenged by yellow-nosed Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters from JG 3 'Udet'.

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