[planespotter]

German troops dig in at Denton, their vehicles under camouflage netting



Tiger Moths are used for recon to try to locate them



Bomber Command Wellingtons are sent in



An air convoy of FW200s tries to air drop supplies to German troops



64 Squadron at Manston takes off under fire from Kampfgruppe Bauer

While heavily escorted Heinkels rain bombs from above




Tanks of the 8th Panzer approach Dover, with support from Erpro 210




111 Squadron patrols over the front lines at Kingston, while Blenheims tangle with LG2



A captured German Tiger Moth circles above Panzers digging in beside Canterbury Cathedral and railway station



Corpo Aero Italiano enters the fray


While in desperation at Elham, even obsolete Gladiators are thrown at the enemy






Until finally, after eight days of fighting and with the front lines just 60 miles from London, Churchill gives order to Bomber Command to carpet bomb Canterbury and 'to destroy utterly, the will of German troops there to resist' - and thereby seals the outcome of the invasion.







But in whose favour?