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Real time #OnThisDay1940 tweets from 10 July of aircraft crashes, pilots, places, engagements, news, facts and weather #BoB79 #BattleOfBritain

Hampshire, UK Katılım Temmuz 2014
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#BattleOfBritain Bristol Blenheim units raided German-occupied airfields throughout July to December 1940 in night and day
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#BattleOfBritain From 13-19 September Bomber Command sank almost 200 invasion barges contributing to Hitlers decision not to invade
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#BattleOfBritain By September 1940 the build-up of German invasion barges in the Channel ports had become Bomber Commands top priority
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#BattleOfBritain From 15 May 1940 a night bomber campaign was launched against the German oil industry, communications and forest/crops
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#BattleOfBritain Due to heavy RAF bomber losses before the Battle, it became clear that bombers would have to operate only at night
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#BattleOfBritain Bomber Command and Coastal Command flew offensive sorties against Germany and France during the Battle
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#BattleOfBritain Dowding was removed from his post after the Battle of Britain for his lack of night fighter defence against Blitz
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#BattleOfBritain Post-war analysis agrees that Dowding and Parks approach was best for 11 Group as opposed to a Big Wing approach
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#BattleOfBritain Dowding wrote a report in November 1940: Big Wing resulted in just 10 interceptions and one German aircraft destroyed
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#BattleOfBritain Big Wing caused pilots to over-claim due to more confusing battle zone so thought to be more effective than reality
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#BattleOfBritain Leigh-Mallory of 12 Group proposed that at least three squadrons should be formed into Big Wings as pioneered by Bader
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#BattleOfBritain When multiple squadrons reached a raid, Park would send the slower Hurricanes to the bombers and Spitfires to the escort
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#BattleOfBritain Parks tactics were to continually dispatch individual squadrons to intercept raids, to break up tight enemy formations
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