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BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAY SEPTEMBER 15 1940
SEPTEMBER 15, 1940 IS THE DAY PASSED DOWN THROUGH HISTORY AS BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAY. THIS WAS NOT, AS MANY SEEM TO THINK, THE DAY THAT RAF FIGHTER COMMAND WON THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. IT WAS MERELY A TURNING POINT. IT WAS A DAY THAT JOHN SAMPLE LED 504 SQUADRON INTO THE AIR TWICE. IN 1941, HE WAS TO RECALL THIS DAY IN A RADIO INTERVIEW, AS A MORALE BOOSTING EXERCISE. THIS WAS LATER INCORPORATED INTO A BOOK: 'WINGED WORDS'. TO READ HIS ACCOUNT, CLICK THE PHOTOGRAPH.
Photo IWM.
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SEPTEMBER 15 1940. BLACK THURSDAY
BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAY, FOR THE LUFTWAFFE, BECAME KNOWN AS 'BLACK THURSDAY'. IN THE MORNING, DO 17s OF KG 76 BEGAN TO FLY THEIR MISSION TO BOMB LONDON'S DOCKS. AMONG THEM WAS OBERLEUTNANT ROBERT ZEHBE. ON THIS DAY HE WAS TO FLY HIMSELF INTO BATTLE OF BRITAIN HISTORY AS HIS DO 17 WAS PHOGRAPHED PLUNGING ONTO VICTORIA RAILWAY STATION. BUT WHAT WAS THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPH? AND, WHAT HAPPENED TO ROBERT ZEHBE? HIS STORY IS LINKED FOREVER TO THAT OF JOHN SAMPLE. FOR AN ACCOUNT OF THE STORY, CLICK THE PIC OF ZEHBE'S GRAVE.
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Grave of Robert Zehbe. Brookwood Military Cemetery.
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