Battle over Crowborough 1940

Hi guys!

Many thanks for the replies. My initial reaction was that the dates given on the IWM web site didn’t fit with me too well. As Andy states, the 14th of July doesn’t figure as the only action on that day appears to be over the Channel, and the 9th of August was a particularly quiet day as far as operations are concerned.

It would be great to attribute a date to this recording, and possibly even identify some of the losses heard during it’s duration. Either way, it’s a remarkable recording and fairly unique I would have thought as far as the Battle of Britain is concerned.

Regards;
Steve

I had a feeling that I’d heard it before and, on dragging out “The Battle of Britain Volume 1” CD, there it was on track 9.

Unfortunately the booklet describing the tracks was no help; all it says about the date is “Recorded near Crowborough, Sussex in August/September 1940.”
PP

I too had puzzled over what the date might be when I listened to this.

14 July is unlikely, as is any date prior to that really. Equally, 9 August makes little or no sense either in terms of what was happening (or not happening!) on those dates.

I had seen this billed as 27 September 1940 elsewhere (but cannot now recall where) and that date would certainly make much more sense – especially for that area.

…they mention that the recording was made on Aug or 9/1940

Yes but that doesn’t make a great deal of sense unless perhaps there’s a figure, say, 8 missing from in front of the ‘or’ to make it “… made on Aug 8 or 9/1940”.

However, if you look in the info box which contains the catalogue number and other details you’ll see “Production Date: 1940-07-14” which, presumably, means 14 July 1940. :confused:
PP

Just checked the Imperial War Museum web site and they mention that the recording was made on Aug or 9/1940 so the date could be 9 Aug 1940?
Ian
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80002248