File:British and German aircraft a dog fight.jpg

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Description
English: IWM caption : THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940. Pattern of condensation trails left by British and German aircraft after a dogfight.
Date Taken on 18 September 1940
Source
Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph H 4219 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums
(collection no. 4700-37)
Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author Puttnam (Mr), War Office official photographer
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Aircraft contrails of British RAF & German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain 1940.

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contrail

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18 September 1940

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