The Battle of Britain
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Changed the Plan
Hitler's original plan was to shoot us down in the air, attack our airfields. But he changed the plan because bellin was bombed by just a few aircra almost by a mistake. And of course, they concentrated their minds and efforts o london. We didn't talk about strategy or anything like that. We were vinish. All we heard as the end of each day, as the six o'clock orthe 54 aircraft havg been shot down. 20 sixt of our own have been forced down - certif 14 of our pilots escaped by persan. I had a couple of very nasty crashers. Lost four out of four hurricanes, one
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