Thrown into Battle

The RAF and the Ministry of Defence made a substantial contribution to Battle of Britain — but, as the archives show, it wasn’t without its disagreements BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE RAF’S ROLTHE RAF’S ROLE Two of the seven so-called ‘Mark Addie’ Spitfires, so named after the film’s technical advisor Gp Capt ‘Hamish’ Mahaddie — latermark machines that were made taxiable and modified to a common standard more representative of Battle of Britain-era fighters. In this case, the aircraft are LFXVIes