Commando Magazine

14 May 2019

Commando - 5230 - "Squadron - Scramble!" - All that stood between Britain and defeat by the Luftwaffe in the high summer of 1940, were the brave young pilots of RAF Fighter Command. They could be expected to fly several sorties a day and had to be ready for take off at a moment’s notice, constantly on the alert for that stomach‑churning call to arms - "SQUADRON - SCRAMBLE!"