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

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‘I still think this war…’ JPK, diary, 17/9/40

‘Kennedy has the speculator’s smartness…’ Raymond Lee, The London

Observer, 17/9/1940

‘It’s really good to be alive…’ Rawlings papers, letter, 29/9/1940

‘Rothkirch is not adding up…’ Bethke, diary, 10/10/1940

‘It is also hoped…’ Ibid., 16/10/1940

‘They were supposed to be…’ Steinhilper and Osborne, Spitfire on My

Tail, p. 304

‘It seemed you could just…’ Ibid.

‘And tomorrow…’ Stahl, The Diving Eagle, 16/10/1940

‘This has resulted…’ Cockett, Love and War in London, September 1940

‘Life around here proceeds…’ MO diarist 53967, 24/10/1940

48. Last Flight

‘Protect the fighter-bombers…’ This account comes from Steinhilper and

Osborne, Spitfire on My Tail, pp. 9–19 and pp. 324–5

Postscript

‘Whoopee! I’ve got a 109’ John Dundas papers

‘So it has happened at last…’ Hugh Dundas papers, diary, 1/12/1940

‘Now you’ve got your ****** war!’ Cited in Irving, Göring, p. 268

‘The only guide to a man…’ Cited in Stewart, Burying Caesar, p. 448

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