Amazing and Extraordinary Facts: Battle of Britain discover tales of courage and bravery, and a host of fascinating, and little-known facts about the combatants, leaders and strategies of both sides from the infamous summer of 1940.

Introduction 7
Part One: Preparations for Battle 10
Who Named the 'Battle of Britain'? 10
Operation Sea Lion 12
Germany's Secret Air Force 15
The Four Groups of 'The Few' 19
The Major Players: Sir Hugh Dowding 23
Radio Detection Finding (RDF) 25
The Major Players: Air Vice Marshell Sir Keith Park 27
The Major Players:Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Goering 29
The Starts of the Skies: The Supermarine Spitfire 33
The Unsung Story of Hazel Hill 36
The Shadow Factory Plan 38
Buried Treasure? 41
Part Two: The Early Skirmishes 44
The Kanalkampf 44
The Stars of the Skies: The Messerschmitt Bf 109 48
The Stars of the Skies: The Hawker Hurricane 52
Protecting Convoy Peewit 56
Operation Eagle Attack 58
Aldertag: 13 August 1940 61
Part Three: The Battle Intensifies 66
'Black Thursday': 15 August 1940 64
The Stars of the Skies: The Junkers Ju 88 66
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) 69
The 'Atta Girls' 71
'Miss Shilling's Orifice' 74
'The Hardest Day': Sunday 18 August 1940 78
Top Guns and Flying Aces: Peterson Clarence Hughes 81
Top Guns and Flying Aces: Heinrich Bar 86
Top Guns and Glying Aces: Werner Moelders 88
The 303 Squadron 91
Top Guns and Flying Aces: Adolf Galland 94
The Big Wing Controversy 99
The Nerve Centre of the No.11 Group 102
Cotton's Club 104
Part Four: Rage in the Skies 106
Goering Hits the Sector Stations 106
Revenge Attacks 107
The Blitz Begins: 7 September 110
The Battle of Britain Movie (1969) 114
Top Guns and Flying Aces: Adolf 'Sailor' Malan 116
Top Guns and Flying Aces: Douglas Bader 121
Battle of Britain Day: 15 September 1940 126
Conclusion 129 The Legacy of the Battle of Britain 131
Index 134
Acknowledgements 144+AS5