The RAF: On Record, Off Target
Taylor Downing appreciates the continuing relevance of an article questioning the accuracy of popular views of the wartime RAF.
Michael Paris’s examination of the RAF’s portrayal on screen in the early days of the Second World War hits the nail on the head. The RAF’s actions as they were depicted in popular culture, particularly in the films of the day, bore little resemblance to what it was doing or, indeed, could do.
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