THE OTHER BATTLE AIR WAR IN NORTHERN BRITAIN

The Battle of Britain is often thought of as a campaign fought out in what was called “Hell’s Corner” in the south-eastern counties of Kent and Sussex. However, the air battles were also fought over other parts of the country and particularly along the British North Sea coastline where ports and shipping were targeted by German aircraft stationed in Norway and Denmark, and by the bombers of German Air Fleet 2 stationed in north-eastern France. These attacks began in the autumn of 1939 and continued long after the end of the fighter battle in 1940. The northern areas of Britain, from the Humber Estuary to the Orkney Islands, which housed the Royal Navy’s main base at Scapa Flow, were integrated into the overall defensive air plan, but were not strongly…

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