The Battle of Britain Five Months That Changed History, May—October 1940 by James Holland (z-lib.org).epub

‘Hello, Gannic…chaps’ Bartley, Smoke Trails in the Sky, pp. 32–4
‘Over there we met…’ Steinhilper and Osborne, Spitfire on My Tail, p. 297
‘Allied fighter!…a large Scotch’ Zumbach, On Wings of War, p. 76
‘The idea is to get up…’ Allan Wright, logbook
‘What reserves have we got?’ ‘There are none’ WSC, p. 296
46. Wolfpack
‘Sixty kills, twenty losses…’ Bethke, diary, 16/9/1940
‘The English have adopted new tactics…’ Cited in Bekker, The Luftwaffe
War Diaries, p. 226
‘This fellow spoke good English…’ IWM 028665
‘We reported to Lorient…’ IWM 26952
‘Received wireless message’ NHB, U-48 log, 20/9/1940
‘We were pleased…’ Ibid.
‘We lost another large number…’ Colville, The Fringes of Power,
22/9/1940
‘excessively crowded…’ NHB EDS/Apprec/6, The German Plans for
Invasion of England, p. 118
‘It does indicate…’ Shirer, Berlin Diary, 23/9/1940
‘We can’t get away from the war…’ Wendel, Hausfrau at War, p. 88
‘And often they swoop down…’ Shirer, Berlin Diary, 23/9/1940
‘12.50 p.m….’ Colville, The Fringes of Power, 22/9/40
‘The British are slowly getting…’ Steinhilper and Osborne, Spitfire on My
Tail, p. 298
‘I think we all felt…’ Ibid., p. 299
‘Days too quiet…’ Bethke, diary, 18–23/9/1940
‘If this fellow…’ Bartley, The Few (2000), ACO/Film/CO Film Channel 5
‘There was a terrific explosion…’ Crook, Spitfire Pilot, p. 75
‘The effect of a Spitfire’s eight guns…’ Ibid., p. 81
‘The last few moments…’ Ibid., p. 82
‘My red lamp is on!…Who was that?’ Cited in Bergström, Hans-
Ekkehard Bob, p. 26
‘It was one of the best…’ Crook, Spitfire Pilot, p. 84
47. Exhaustion
‘Let us go on together…’ Cited in Colville, The Fringes of Power,
24/9/1940