I just wanted to add some facts to this really.
12 Group
As of 1st August 1940 (and most of July) there was only 1 Spitfire Squadron based at Duxford and they flew out of Fowlmere. There was no fighter sqn scrambling out of Duxford as the sqn would fly to Fowlmere early in the morning and were actually scrambled from there.
At this time Bader was flying out of Cottishall which had 1 Spitfire Sqn and 1 Hurricane Sqn. Digby had the same. Of the 32 times which the 'big wing' tactic was ordered up it resulted in combat 7 times.
303 Sqns first kill was 30th August, 2 months after the start of the BoB.
they were stationed at Northholt.
As of the 1st September there was still only 1 Spitfire Sqn at Duxford, but again they were moved forward in the mornings to Fowlmere.
The only sqn actually scrambling from Duxford was 310 (Czech).
Duxford was not an important base during the BoB.
Last edited by winny; 12-07-2010 at 09:43 AM.
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