wow! in we come to land. pilots reckoned that they could keep their sights on for about two seconds. so you had to find a way of bringing down an enemy bomber in just two seconds. tap of hammers in the spitfire factories... in 193a, as war with germany looked increasingly likely, the british government took what many thought to be an extraordinary decision. the new generation of fighters, they said, should be armed with not four but eight browning machine—guns. newsreel: keep it up, mrs smith. or is it miss? the battle of britain is your battle, too. they's finally been persuaded by this man, a scientific officer in the air ministry called captain fred hill. he was convinced that withjust four guns, the planes being developed wouldn't have enough firepower to bring down