Historical recognition can include several services in the same account. Fleet Air Arm pilots joined the air battle, and control of the air mattered because any German invasion had to cross the sea. The Royal Navy had already targeted destroyers, E-boats, and other craft that could protect an assault force. German transports would then face British submarines, motor torpedo boats, destroyers, and eventually the battle fleet. This joint-service view preserves the sacrifice of the pilots and places the Battle of Britain inside the wider problem of defeating Operation Sea Lion.
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The Battle of Britain and the naval barrier to invasion
The Battle of Britain gains a wider joint-service context when the Royal Navy's anti-invasion role and Fleet Air Arm pilots are included.