15 Septembre 1940 : une date clé dans la bataille d'Angleterre, que la RAF a vu l'attaque des vagues de bombardiers et chasseurs de la Luftwaffe.

• Contributeur: Gary Eason / Flight Artworks / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: EN9J54
• Taille du fichier: 34,5 MB (754,4 KB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 4256 x 2832 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14,2 x 9,4 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 15 septembre 1940

Informations supplémentaires

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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