Peek inside London's secret RAF Battle of Britain bunker | ITV News
There are many reasons why the Second World War was eventually won but one of them lies 60 feet under the ground, in west London. There, in Hillingdon, is a secret RAF bunker where Britain's defence against the Nazi invasion at the Battle of Britain was coordinated from. It is a place that has already been immortalised in film and now is opening for the public to see. ITV News London's Martin Stew went to have a look around.
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'Battle of Britain' Exhibition & Bunker Uxbridge Tour
The Battle of Britain Bunker is an underground operations room at RAF Uxbridge, formerly used by No. 11 Group Fighter Command during the Second World War. Fighter aircraft operations were controlled from there throughout the War but most notably during the Battle of Britain and on D-Day. Today it is run by Hillingdon Council as a heritage attraction with attached museum.
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The Battle of Britain Bunker in Uxbridge
The Battle of Britain bunker in Uxbridge housed the Fighter Command No.11 Group Operations Room throughout the Second World War, the room from which most of the RAF's side of the Battle of Britain was coordinated. Apart from control center there is museum 60 feet (72 steps) underground. The Uxbridge Council have built visitors center next door which is due to open in 2018
Battle Of Britain Bunker STEADICAM FULL EXPLORE 4k
This is probably the most complete explore of the Battle of Britain Bunker on youtube where we take you on an uncut walkthrough of the entire site and emergency exitways and even a drone flythrough of the site.
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As the location of No. 11 Group RAF's Operations Room, The Battle of Britain Bunker was one of the key parts of the world's first integrated air defence system. Often known as the Dowding system (after Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command at the time of installation), the system linked Fighter Command with Anti-Aircraft Command, Barrage Balloon Command, the Observer Corps, Chain Home Radio Direction Finding (radar), and the intelligence services. Under the system, these organisations worked together for the first time in order to achieve one goal: the successful defence of the UK's airspace.[1]
No.11 Group was an important part of the system for several reasons: Firstly, as one of four group headquarters, No.11 Group's Operations Controller was responsible for making key decisions that would affect the outcomes of aerial battles - how many fighter aircraft to scramble, which type of aircraft, which squadrons to use, when to scramble them, where to scramble them from, where to scramble them to, etc. Secondly and also due to its role as a group headquarters, No.11 Group was responsible for organising and coordinating the activities of seven sector stations at which its fighter squadrons were based - RAFs Kenley, North Weald, Debden, Biggin Hill, Tangmere, Hornchurch and Northolt. And thirdly, the Bunker and its Operations Room were the prototypes by which the other five group headquarters (No. 9 Group at RAF Barton Hall, No. 10 Group at RAF Box, No. 12 Group at RAF Watnall, No. 13 Group at RAF Newcastle and No.14 Group at Raigmore) were planned and constructed.[2]
The Operations Room displayed various pieces of information in different ways, which the controller would then use in order to make his important decisions. The location of both enemy and friendly aircraft formations was displayed using numbered blocks on a map table. The current activities of No.11 Group's squadrons e.g. At Standby, Enemy Sighted, Ordered to Land, etc. were displayed on a tote board using a series of lights.[3] Current weather conditions at No.11 Group's sector stations were indicated with a system of coloured discs. And the passage of time was tracked using a coordinated system of clock and coloured indicators.[4] All information was received from either Fighter Command headquarters or the sector stations via telephone
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The Battle of Britain Bunker is an underground operations room at RAF Uxbridge, formerly used by No. 11 Group Fighter Command during the Second World War.
The new visitor centre is excellent.
Battle Of Britain Bunker Tour Uxbridge 2018 (Part One)
Step back in time with Parts One & Two of this excellent tour, where we will descend the 76 steps to this beautifully restored wartime bunker, learning about the events mainly of Battle of Britain Day - September 15th 1940. The bunker that day was a hive of activity, where the Dowding System was used to its fullest....DON’T FORGET PART TWO!!
Churchill's Top Secret Battle of Britain Bunker
Winston Churchill used this top secret underground bunker at RAF Uxbridge to oversea the victory of the Battle of Britain. No 11 Fighter Group, Royal Air Force, Operations Room.
Battle of Britain Bunker - Uxbridge
The bunker housed RAF Fighter Command’s No.11 Group Operations Room throughout the Second World War, the room from which most of the RAF’s side of the Battle of Britain was co-ordinated. Key decisions that would decide the fate of the nation were taken in the bunker throughout 1940 and it was thanks to the tireless work of the plotters and controllers that the RAF’s fighter pilots managed to keep the Luftwaffe at bay.
British Airways and Battle of Britain Bunker Visit
4 Cadets from 861 Wideopen Squadron ATC visited British Airways' Flight Training center in Heathrow, to fly one of thier 747-400 Simulators, aswell as visit the Battle of Britain bunker at RAF Uxbridge.
Uxbridge battle of Britain bunker radar display
Uxbridge battle of Britain bunker radar display
⚜ | How A Map Won The Battle of Britain - Air Operations 1940
It was a system at the heart of the Royal Air Forces' defence in 1940 but few talk about it. Let's have a closer look at RAF Air Operations, the Dowding System and how it helped win the Battle of Britain. Learn about modern RAF Air Operations:
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RAF Uxbridge was a Royal Air Force station in Uxbridge, within the London Borough of Hillingdon, occupying a 44.6-hectare site that originally belonged to the Hillingdon House estate.The British Government purchased the estate in 1915, three years before the founding of the RAF.Until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the station was open to the public.The station is best known as the headquarters of No.
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Battle Of Britain Bunker Tour Uxbridge 2018 (Part Two)
Continuing the talk with our guide for the day Ray Ballard....
Battle of Britain Museum - RAF Uxbridge
The old offices that served the Battle of Britain Bunker have now been demolished to make way for the construction of a new Visitor Centre funded by the London Borough of Hillingdon. This short video shows a time-lapse recording of the demolition work.
Battle of Britain Bunker Visitor Centre - build update
Walk around video footage of the build. May 2017.