Across blue skies above fields awaiting the harvest, Spitfires and Hurricanes wheel in the air. Spiralling plumes of flame herald a shot-down enemy ‘bandit’.
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How the Battle of Britain started with the Battle of Scotland
Luftwaffe pilots dubbed the Firth of Forth ‘suicide corner’ after falling to Scots air aces – eight months ahead of ‘the big one’.
