Hornchurch Scramble by Robert Taylor. (B) BAT232 Alfred the Great was a

Alfred the Great was a learned man and improved the education and legal and military systems and structure

surrounded by his staff officers

practising dogfight tactics in a rare moment of relative peace in August 1940

Corporal Herb Jr Suerth

Hornchurch Scramble by Robert Taylor. (B) BAT232 Alfred the Great was aDHM1940B. Hornchurch Scramble by Robert Taylor. On August 12th, 1940 the Luftwaffe turned their full attention to the RAF's forward fighter bases and radar stations with the intent to obliterate them once and for all. The outcome of the Battle of Britain hung in the balance. It was late in the afternoon of Sunday, 18 August 1940. The previous week had seen the hardest days of fighting in the Battle of Britain as the young pilots of the RAF Fighter