Battle Of Britain

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	conflict	Battle of Britain
	partof	Second World War
	caption	''Heinkel He 111 over the River Thames, London''
	date	use 31 October as the date in which decisive fighting came to an end (Taylor 1974, p 72)place= United Kingdom airspace
	result	Strategic British victory
	combatant1	United Kingdom <br>
	combatant2	Germany <br>
	commander1	Hugh Dowding <br> Keith Park <br> Trafford Leigh-Mallory <br> C J Quintin-Brand <br> Richard Saul
	commander2	Hermann Göring <br> Albert Kesselring <br> Hugo Sperrle <br> Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
	strength1	754 single-seat fighters<br>149 two-seat fighters<br>560 bombers<br>500 coastal<br>'''1,963 total'''Bungay 2000, p107 Note, the RAF fighter strength given is for 0900 1 July 1940 , while bomber strength is for 11 July 1940
	strength2	1,107 single-seat fighters<br> 357 two-seat fighters<br> 1,380 bombers<br>428 dive-bombers<br>569 reconnaissance<br>233 coastal<br>'''4,074 total''' Bungay 2000, p 107Note, the Luftwaffe aircraft strength given is from the Quartermaster General 6th Abteilung numbers for 29 June 1940
	casualties1	1,023 fighters<br>
	casualties2	873 fighters<br>

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