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The Illustrated London News 1940 2

Outbreak of World War II

The Battle of Britain

"Per ardua ad astra"

A type of young pilot who brought down 260 german planes in a week

The U.S training parachutists and "RAF Tourists" Czech and Polish airmen in Britain

The Polish premier's inspection of Polish air squadrons servig with The RAF

1940 Air war over our coasts: Summer skies flecked with shell bursts

Training British defenders, on land and in the air

Advert: To the mothers of Britain

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