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Article: A MOST UNLIKELY HERO; Dowding: Odd man out, but the right man at the right time.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 22, 2007
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Byline: Leo McKinstry
THE images of the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 resonatealmost 70 years later. Dashing young RAF fighter pilots concealing theircourage beneath an air of nonchalance; the beautiful outline of the Spitfirewith its unmistakable elliptical wings; desperate dogfights with the enemy inthe summer skiesall of these remain to this day the ultimate symbols of British resolve.
Those months from July until the middle of September 1940, when the men of theRAF held the nation's destiny in their hands, were a unique moment in ourisland history. As Winston Churchill famously put it during the height of thebattle, 'Never in the field of ...
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Dictionary definition: Dowding, Hugh
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military;
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...Dowding, Hugh (1882–1970) squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I , and commander of the newly organized Fighter Command in 1936. During World War II , he was a significant element in the ...
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