BIG WINGS

One of the major controversies provoked by combat in the Battle of Britain was over the optimum size of the units Fighter Command put into the air to meet enemy aircraft. So serious did the arguments become that what was known as the “Big Wing” controversy cost Keith Park his job as commander of 11 Group and contributed to the efforts to remove Dowding from overall command. The origins of the controversy were to be found in the sector stations of 12 Group and in particular the Duxford station, where Douglas Bader was a squadron commander. Bader and his fellow pilots were frustrated during the main part of the battle at having to guard northern airfields and installations rather than fight in the thick of the combat in “Hell’s Corner”…

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