Having knocked out Alpha's fighter defences, the aliens are now sending in the bombers.
He was one of the key organisers of the German night fighter defences.
At the operational level the British fighter defences proved to be far more sophisticated.
These losses were primarily a result of fighter defences, at the heart of which was the Bf 110.
They combined the newly developed radar with communications centres to direct their fighter defences.
The role of the airfield now diversified well beyond the fighter defence of Townsville.
The port was without fighter defences and the army garrison consisted of just two brigades.
The bomber would benefit by climbing to altitude while over Britain where fighter defences could protect it.
Obviously it was highly desirable that the fighter defences of this country should be immobilized if invasion were to succeed.
This strategy retarded the development of fighter defences in the 1930s.