The Battle of Britain August-October 1940
Title
The Battle of Britain August-October 1940
Description
The cover and frontispiece of book, The Battle of Britain. On the front sheet is annotated 'Jan-Jun 1941 348737 Flt/Sgt Hales "A" Flight 91 Squadron Hawkinge Kent'. Inside and on the back page are signatures.
Creator
Date
1940-10
Spatial Coverage
Language
Type
Format
Three printed sheets with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
MHalesARSA348737-200228-100001, MHalesARSA348737-200228-100002, MHalesARSA348737-200228-100003
Transcription
JAN – JUN 1941 348737 Flt/Sgt Hales.
"A" FLIGHT
91 SQUADRON
HAWKINGE
KENT
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
AUGUST – OCTOBER 1940
[RAF Crest]
[page break]
Patrick Barthropp (Queens County Ireland)
A Hill ([indecipherable])
Jencood.
Art Donahue (Minnesota America)
(committee
H.A.P. Piau. (Rhodesia) – [indecipherable name] Jones (Lpool)
J J le Roux (South Africa (committee) – C Sewell
J Ward (Yorkshire) – A W Flannon
J. Warren. J – [indecipherable initials] Tildsley.
J R. Qingrose – E.S. Prickard – T White.
[signature] – F.T. Tatam – J M Whittle
[signature] – [vertical] G E Harrison [/vertical
Walter Rees - J E Cooper Sgt/Pilot
R.G.Burnell Pickles. – J. Gillies. Sgt Pilot.
G.A. Stubbs
H Powell. (Rhodesia) – J Paterson
S. Davis. – G A Holloways
J Somerville
F. Price. – D A Forrest Sgt
A. Smythe – W Waller. – F.S. Perkins Sgt
[indecipherable initials] Jenkinson
[signature] Sgt Plt – Thomas F-Lee
E.J. Bryan. – A Dankley
C. Clarke. – E. O'Connor
[vertical] [indecipherable] Cressman S/Ld of 91 Squadron [/vertical]
[vertical] N G Bryan (committee [/vertical]
N. Durban. - R.S. Corly. (SMOKE)
[indecipherable initials] Richards - [indecipherable initial] Priest
[page break]
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
AUGUST – OCTOBER 1940
An AIR MINISTRY ACCOUNT of the Great Days from 8th AUGUST – 31st OCTOBER 1940
[page break]
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
no account of those lost at night or those, seen by thousands, staggering back to their French bases, wings and fuselage full of holes, ailerons shot away, engines smoking and dripping glycol, undercarriages dangling – the retreating remnants of a shattered and disordered Armada. This melancholy procession of the defeated was to be observed not once but many times during those summer and autumn days of 1940. Truly it was a great deliverance.
It was not achieved without cost. The Royal Air Force lost 375 pilots killed and 358 wounded. This was the price, and of those who died let it be said that:
[italics] "All the soul
Of man is resolution which expires
Never from valiant men till their last
breath." [/italics]
Such was the Battle of Britain in 1940. Future historians may compare it with Marathon, Trafalgar and the Marne.
[page break]
A W. Owens {W/op. Signals}
T.S. Day {W/op. Signals}
A Ellard elect)
W E Todd Elect
I H Vickers.
A R Kemp
J R R Jones.
G [indecipherable initial] Gilbert
S Thurston
S. Pretty
[Indecipherable initials] Higson
H Hodgson
E W. Parry
E Tasker F/Mech
"A" FLIGHT
91 SQUADRON
HAWKINGE
KENT
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
AUGUST – OCTOBER 1940
[RAF Crest]
[page break]
Patrick Barthropp (Queens County Ireland)
A Hill ([indecipherable])
Jencood.
Art Donahue (Minnesota America)
(committee
H.A.P. Piau. (Rhodesia) – [indecipherable name] Jones (Lpool)
J J le Roux (South Africa (committee) – C Sewell
J Ward (Yorkshire) – A W Flannon
J. Warren. J – [indecipherable initials] Tildsley.
J R. Qingrose – E.S. Prickard – T White.
[signature] – F.T. Tatam – J M Whittle
[signature] – [vertical] G E Harrison [/vertical
Walter Rees - J E Cooper Sgt/Pilot
R.G.Burnell Pickles. – J. Gillies. Sgt Pilot.
G.A. Stubbs
H Powell. (Rhodesia) – J Paterson
S. Davis. – G A Holloways
J Somerville
F. Price. – D A Forrest Sgt
A. Smythe – W Waller. – F.S. Perkins Sgt
[indecipherable initials] Jenkinson
[signature] Sgt Plt – Thomas F-Lee
E.J. Bryan. – A Dankley
C. Clarke. – E. O'Connor
[vertical] [indecipherable] Cressman S/Ld of 91 Squadron [/vertical]
[vertical] N G Bryan (committee [/vertical]
N. Durban. - R.S. Corly. (SMOKE)
[indecipherable initials] Richards - [indecipherable initial] Priest
[page break]
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
AUGUST – OCTOBER 1940
An AIR MINISTRY ACCOUNT of the Great Days from 8th AUGUST – 31st OCTOBER 1940
[page break]
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
no account of those lost at night or those, seen by thousands, staggering back to their French bases, wings and fuselage full of holes, ailerons shot away, engines smoking and dripping glycol, undercarriages dangling – the retreating remnants of a shattered and disordered Armada. This melancholy procession of the defeated was to be observed not once but many times during those summer and autumn days of 1940. Truly it was a great deliverance.
It was not achieved without cost. The Royal Air Force lost 375 pilots killed and 358 wounded. This was the price, and of those who died let it be said that:
[italics] "All the soul
Of man is resolution which expires
Never from valiant men till their last
breath." [/italics]
Such was the Battle of Britain in 1940. Future historians may compare it with Marathon, Trafalgar and the Marne.
[page break]
A W. Owens {W/op. Signals}
T.S. Day {W/op. Signals}
A Ellard elect)
W E Todd Elect
I H Vickers.
A R Kemp
J R R Jones.
G [indecipherable initial] Gilbert
S Thurston
S. Pretty
[Indecipherable initials] Higson
H Hodgson
E W. Parry
E Tasker F/Mech
Collection
Citation
Great Britain. Air Ministry, “The Battle of Britain August-October 1940,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 9, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/30211.