The invasion would be cancelled. At dozens of airfields, the spitfires and the hurricanes came home. The main skill was luck, you had to be lucky. No matter how good you were, for instance my boss, dickie lee, was the best pilot ive ever seen. But he was shot down and killed. So he had no luck. I had bags of luck. I couldnt do that. But here i am. Like so many events this year, battle of britain day will be a quiet affair, but this light show at the uks first ever radar station in norfolk is a reminder that we celebrate and remember a true team effort. Robert hall, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather
heres louise lear. A heart warming story deserves heart warming weather. Sparkling blue sky and sunshine for many, almost picture postcard perfect in norfolk today, this is where we will probably see the highest values, High Pressure is dominating the weather and allowing the southerly feet of air to come all the way from africa and get us above average temperatures. There are some w
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of britain, which was vital to this country s survival. the calculations carried out by hazel and her father resulted in both spitfires and hurricanes being armed with eight rather than four guns. over the next six years, as britain headed towards war with nazi germany, the planes were tested and put into production. each gun carried just 300 rounds. it took around 15 seconds for them all to be fired. it meant that every bullet had to count. the spitfire was a nimble aircraft, perfect for dog fights, and their pilots loved them. so you d got three german fighters that day? 98 year old squadron leader allan scott flew both spitfires and hurricanes. i went straight in and was catapulted out. and 109 bombers came in.
and her crucial role in the design of the famous spitfire and hurricane fighter planes in the run up to the battle of britain. it s a wonderful aircraft, absolutely wonderful. it fitted you like a glove, you see, that s what i liked about it. without victory in the battle of britain, i think it s almost certain that we would have been invaded by germany. it was a darn close run thing. it is the most famous plane from world war ii. it played a crucial role in the battle of britain. but what we didn t know until now was the role that a 13 year old girl played in its design. hazel‘s role, like so many others, has hitherto been untold. i think we can look back and be extremely grateful for the contribution she made.
that can look upon someone like hazel in the early 1930s making such an important contribution to our later success in the battle of britain, which was vital to this country s survival. the calculations carried out by hazel and her father resulted in both spitfires and hurricanes being armed with eight rather than four guns. over the next six years, as britain headed towards war with nazi germany, the planes were tested and put into production. each gun carried just 300 rounds. it took around 15 seconds for them all to be fired. it meant that every bullet had to count. the spitfire was a nimble aircraft, perfect for dog fights, and their pilots loved them. so, you got three german fighters that day? 98 year old squadron leader allan scott flew both