12 Group Sector Operations Room at Duxford

12 Group Sector Operations Room at Duxford

by | Jan 29, 2012 | Maps

When ordered by their Group HQ, the sector stations would “scramble” their squadrons into the air. Once airborne, the squadrons would be directed by radio-telephone (R/T) from their sector station. Squadrons could be ordered to patrol airfields or vital...
The Dyle Plan

The Dyle Plan

by | Jan 28, 2012 | Maps

The Dyle Plan or D Plan was the primary war plan of the French Army to stave off the expected German attack during Fall Gelb. It was conceived by French General Maurice Gamelin in 1940. Named after the Dyle River, which flows from southern Belgium down to Antwerp, the...
Area of 13 Group of Fighter Command

Area of 13 Group of Fighter Command

by | Jan 24, 2012 | Maps

13 Group covered Great Britain to the North. Most attacks on 13 Group came from Norway. Who knows how many Luftwaffe pilots had to ditch their Me 109 or Me 110 when they ran out of fuel.