Battle of Britain |
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Part of the Second World War |
![Battle of britain air observer.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Battle_of_britain_air_observer.jpg/300px-Battle_of_britain_air_observer.jpg) An Observer Corps spotter scans the skies of London. |
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Belligerents |
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United Kingdom[info 1]
Canada[nb 1] | Germany
Italy |
Commanders and leaders |
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Hugh Dowding
Keith Park
Trafford Leigh-Mallory | Hermann Göring
Albert Kesselring
Hugo Sperrle |
Strength |
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1,963 serviceable aircraft[nb 10] | 2,550 serviceable aircraft. [nb 11] [nb 12] |
Casualties and losses |
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544 aircrew killed 422 aircrew wounded 1,547 aircraft destroyed[nb 13] | 2,698 aircrew killed 967 captured 638 missing bodies identified by British Authorities 1,887 aircraft destroyed[nb 14] |
- ↑ The RAF was the only sovereign Allied air force; the Polish Air Force was not given sovereignty until June 1944
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