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Agree with both of these, the Bungay book is the best history of the battle I have read and 'Boy' Wellums story is astonishing for a teenager essentially given the keys to a Spitfire and told to get on with it...

Worth remembering today is officially the 82nd anniversary of Battle of Britain Day, the last time the Luftwaffe sent huge amounts of aircraft at London during the day and had 60 of them shot down. Which made them realise they had shot their bolt and they would now have to bomb at night...

Not at all, 601 AAF were known as the 'Millionaires Squadron' as they were an an RAF Auxilary Squadron and most members had their own aircraft. Probably out of print but their squadron history 'The Flying Sword' is a good read, if only to see who flew with them.

Mostly Poles & Czechs who had good reason to loathe the Nazis... Lots of Commonwealth pilots as well. Storringtons Fighter Pilot was actually an American, although born in South Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Raymond_Davis

Lots of RAF and Luftwaffe came down here in West Sussex in 1940 apparently a Bf110 less than a mile from where I live at Washington plus a Bf109 force landed at the far end (Cootham) of the village. A Hurricane force landed in Pulborough as well. I'm sure there were more!

BoB Day should be 15th but this is closest Sunday so St Mary's Storrington having its service tomorrow. We have a BoB Pilot (Flight Lt. Carl Davis DFC 601 Squadron AAF) KIA 09.09.40 while flying a Hurricane out of Tangmere, buried in the Churchyard and the service always concludes at his...