On a cloudy August day in 1940, the skies and seas around the Isle of Wight witnessed the first sustained clashes of the Battle of Britain.
With the Luftwaffe able to fly from occupied northern France, shipping along England's south coast was an easy target for the German bombers.
Convoy CW9 - codenamed Peewit - was hauling coal from Medway before dispersing off Swanage when it was hit.
Three fierce air battles ensued as the RAF attempted to fend off the strikes.
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