The Battle of Britain Combat Archives book is now available.

Wingleader published volume 16 of its series of books on ‘Battle of Britain combat archives’
Over the last 75 years, various authors have focused on particular days or events and others followed. After all, it’s much easier to write about days where the research has already been done than to venture into unrecorded territory. Over the course of the last 75 years, various authors have focused on particular days or events and others have followed, after all, it’s much easier to write about days where the research has already been done than to venture into unrecorded territory.

This has led to a gross over-simplification of the Battle and has also led to many errors being repeated over and over again.

A case in point being the 15th September 1940, Battle of Britain Day. The author of the book you love may have no clue what they are writing when he or she says that it was the day that huge waves of German aircraft were launched in a last onslaught on London, to defeat the RAF. The morning’s ‘assault,’ which consisted of 25 bombers was followed by an afternoon raid with around 90. RAF used paired squadrons with great effect to shoot down a lot of raiders. The Luftwaffe launched large formations of fighters and bombers over southern England after a poor week of weather. The Battle of Britain Combat Archive Volume 16 covers this epic 27th of September day, when fighters and bombarders from Dover and Devon fought battles. Volume 16 of the Battle of Britain Combat Archive is dedicated to a single day. This is the very first time we’ve done so. But with every other publication treating the 27th as a mere sideshow to the Battle, this needed to be done.

With the usual blend of first hand accounts and all original research using contemporary documents from both sides, author Simon Parry and his team of experts have set the record straight on the historical significance of 27th September 1940 like no other publication to date.

Volume Sixteen contains: