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The first of two volumes of the classified Air Historical Branch
study of Fighter Command and the Air Defence of the United Kingdom.
It covers pre-war expansion of the Command, the creation of the
first integrated air defence system, and an account of Dunkirk and
the Battle of Britain.
This volume deals with the development of Britain's air defences
during the years leading up to the outbreak of World War II, and
the development of the system during the early period of the war,
leading up to the Battle of Britain. Originally classified as
"secret," this report was written during the war as an internal Air
Ministry history by Cecil James, a historian working for the Air
Historical Branch.
The report describes the development of Fighter Command and the air
defence network, often called the "Dowding System," and in doing so
makes it clear how much of the groundwork for success was laid down
in the 1920s by those working at a time when radar had yet to be
developed. It was indeed the integration of technological advances
such as radar and reasonably efficient radio telephones that
allowed the defences to keep pace with the ever-increasing speed
and sophistication of bomber aircraft. The result was the world's
first truly integrated air defence network, designed to give its
commanders botha picture of the enemy's air attacks as they
developed and a sophisticated command system to assign and control
the defending forces sent up to meet the enemy in the air.
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