Battle of Graveney Marshes
A Junkers 88 bomber downed over Kent in September 1940 gave rise to tales about the German crew engaging in a gunfight with British soldiers - but was this really the first ‘engagement’ with an enemy on British soil since 1797?
Mythology Of Battle
In its broad assessment of Luftwaffe activity over England on 27 September 1940, and particularly in relation to aerial combat over London and southeast England, the Air Ministry subsequently observed of the late afternoon raid:
“The enemy’s major...
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