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I was a little confused by the reference to Bomber Command, as the rest of the article is about the Battle of Britain, which was a Fighter Command operation.

Reading round the subject (as DG so often inspires me to do) it seems Bomber Command moved to High Wycombe in early 1940 and No 11 Group Fighter command moved in.

timbo | 05.05.13 - 6:31 a.m. | #

I made a visit there last year. I went by bus, It was tricky to find after getting of the bus, but was well worth going to see.

John | 05.05.13 - 7:53 a.m. | #

There is a replica of the No 11 Group operations room - map and lights and all - at the RAF Museum in Hendon (hidden away at a dead end in the art gallery in the upstairs bit between the two halves of the WWII building).

Andrew | 05.05.13 - 10:10 a.m. | #

A self-quote from 24 April, the day you wrote about Shepherd's Bush: "Thanks for posting this ... I was actually out that way on Saturday, passing along the Uxbridge Rd to get to Uxbridge, itself"
Yup, RAF Uxbridge was where I was heading to, too!
I actually did a dg search on 'Uxbridge' to see if you'd written anything about the town before, and found an entry from 2006.
I went there by bike, but went to the underground station as I was looking for a cafe (and I can recommend the one I found): I'm no expert on tube stations but I'm guessing there can't be many with tobacconist's shops that look like they're stuck in a time-lock, circa 1955!!!

RogerW | 05.05.13 - 10:38 a.m. | #

Now on my list of Places to Visit at Weekends.

bookmole | Homepage | 05.05.13 - 4:21 p.m. | #

Visited this today - thanks for pointing this out!

Silent Hunter | Homepage | 25.05.13 - 5:44 p.m. | #

Great post! I suppose that only your american readers who watch PBS will relate to all the details. Most of what I learned about the Battle of Britain came from PBS (I'm sorry to confess). It is fascinating none the less. It all seems so quaint compared to today somehow. From what I gather it was the british aeronautical engineer who developed the Spitfire who actually won the war.

john | Homepage | 16.09.14 - 2:20 a.m. | #











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