The Operations Room at RAF Bentley Priory, Fighter Command's headquarters is seen above. Symbols representing squadrons are moved across the map, while senior officers in the gallery above control the battle.
Civilian volunteers of the Royal Observer Corps (below) reported the numbers, direction and type on incoming enemy aircraft. Here an observer plots the height of a German formation.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Watching the Skies Over Britain
Labels:
1940,
Aircraft,
Battle of Britain,
Britain,
European War,
London,
Luftwaffe
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