An ambitious Luftwaffe ace encounters a 19-year-old RAF recruit flying his first Spitfire sortie in the Battle of Britain over Kent. What could possibly go wrong… for the both of them?
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Hitler’s V Weapons, Summer 1944 – With Operation Overlord, the greatest air and seaborne invasion in history, now underway across the Channel in Normandy, the British people dare to imagine the war may soon be over. But for London and the Kent villages, a new nightmare is about to begin.
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RAF Staplehurst is a former WW2 Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) situated in central Kent, England. The airfield is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Staplehurst, about 38 miles SE of London.
Built during 1943 as an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) for Operation Overlord (Normandy invasion), Staplehurst was used briefly by RAF fighter squadrons during August to October 1943 and then allocated to the US Ninth Air Force.
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Credit to : War: The Untold Stories