Bernard Montgomery, the hero of El Alamein and North Africa, where he succeeded Auchinleck, was one of the most inspirational military commanders of World War Two. Montgomery was also the senior British military commander at D-Day and retained that position within the west European sphere of the war until the war ended. (Like nobody knew that already) ...Cheers, Storm

Montgomery

At the outbreak of war the Boulton defiant scored very good against the German pilots.German pilots had a big surprise when attacking from behind and instead of having an easy kill,flew straight into the fire of 4   7,62 Browning MG's.They quickly changed their tactics by attacking head-on or from below .Against this the Defiant was a sitting duck.They had another brief spell of succes in the winter of 1940/1941 as nightfigters.Later on they were used as trainers,for towing targets and gunnery practice.
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P82 Defiant

Valentine Bishop sefpropelled gun in the Western Desert,Egypt 25 sep 1942.