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Such aircraft and sorties could collect important intelligence and proved invaluable for the German forces

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but the sight of the red-nosed Triplanes as they joined battle in the skies above France signaled to Allied pilots a tough battle ahead

Total Commitment by Ivan Berryman. ART194 Such aircraft and sorties couldDHM1863. Total Commitment by Ivan Berryman. On the afternoon of 5th September 1940, Spitfires of 41 Sqn intercepted a large formation of Heinkel 111 bombers and their escorts over the Thames estuary, en route for London. Flying N3162 as Red 2, Flight Lieutenant Eric Lock attacked the bombers head on as they began to turn north. In a fraught combat, Lock was to destroy two He. 111s and a Bf. 109 on that single mission, setting him on course to become