How One Pilot's "Suicidal" Tactic of Ramming Bombers Became RAF Standard Procedure

How One Pilot's "Suicidal" Tactic of Ramming Bombers Became RAF Standard Procedure
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The instrument panel rattled as flight lieutenant Ray Holmes pushed his Hawker Hurricane through 15,000 ft. The Merlin engine screaming its familiar growl over the temp's eststerie. It was 15th of September 1940. What historians would later call Battle of Britain Day, and the sky above London resembled a grotesque fireworks display of tracer rounds... Read More
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