Bomber Command- Heroism and Disaster

13th August 1940: Bomber pilots press home their attacks - but a daylight raid on a heavily defended Luftwaffe airfield in Denmark ends in disaster

A Hampden bomber crew at RAF Scampton in 1940.

In 1940 RAF Bomber Command was viewed as contributing just as much to the defence of Britain - ‘the battle of Britain’ - as RAF Fighter Command. RAF bombers had suffered heavy losses during the battle for France and had been on the offensive ever since. In the event of an invasion of Britain, it was expected…