Battle of Britain chief goes back to the 'holes'. A room that played a decisive part in history was honoured Tuesday.

Battle of Britain chief goes back to the 'holes'. A room that played a decisive part in history was honoured Tuesday. It is know as the 'Hole'. It was the operations room of No. 11 Fighter Group at Uxbridge, England, from where the Battle of Britain was controlled. Tuesday the man who directed that Battle as Chief of Fighter Command, Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, went down the 80 steps to the Hole to live again through one of the decisive days of the battle - September 15, 1940. The Royal Air Force at Uxbridge hat put the clock back 18 years. Everything was as it was on that Sunday when a great running battle raged across the Skies of Southern England. The course of the battle was plotted across the grid table by girls wearing headphones. On the board were airfield names. All the staff of an operations room were in their places. Afterward he unveiled a memorial stone at the entrance. In future the Hole is to be used as a switchroom.