Royal Air Force

United Kingdom

Atlantic archipelago nation

• monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
• Winston ChurchillBritain's WWII premier
• CommonwealthAssociation of sovereign states

London · Battle of Britain · Spitfire · Lancaster · Blitz · Empire · Falklands · wartime · Churchill · Red Arrows

Spitfire

Legendary British interceptor

• HurricaneNamed tropical cyclone
• LancasterEnglish dynasty, fifteenth century
• TyphoonMilitary designation or codename

Harrier · Vulcan · Wellington · Blenheim · Hercules · Nimrod · Sunderland · Jaguar · Lightning · Canberra

pilot

One who steers aircraft

• navigatorRoute-directing crew member
• gunnerOne who fires artillery
• flight crewPersonnel operating an aircraft

ground crew · airman · wing commander · squadron leader · group captain · air marshal · fitter · rigger · armourer · officer

Battle of Britain

1940 aerial campaign over England

• BlitzSwift intensive attack
• bouncing bombRotating munition that skips
• memorialThing preserving remembrance

cenotaph · ensign · roundel · motto · traditions

squadron

Military aviation unit

• wingLimb enabling flight
• groupAssembled collection of things
• commandAuthoritative instruction given

station · base · airfield · mess · officers' mess · parade ground · operations room · control tower · dispersal · flight line

dogfight

Close combat between aircraft

• sortieArmed raid outward
• scrambleMix into disorder
• interceptionSeizing something in transit

bombing raid · strafing · reconnaissance · air superiority · escort mission · patrol · air strike · combat air patrol · ground attack · tactical strike

• British militaryBritish Army, RAF, brigade, regiment, battalion
• European MilitaryBritish Army, French Army, German Army, Bundeswehr, German Navy
• WWII ForcesWehrmacht, Red Army, British Army, US Navy, RAF
• Low Countries WWIIArnhem, Bastogne, Antwerp, Brussels, Battle of the Bulge
• Norway WWIIGerman occupation, Nazi occupation, home front, German invasion, Nazi invasion