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Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park led No. 11 Group of the RAF’s Fighter Command in winning the Battle of Britain, one of the most decisive battles in military history. His reward for his role in winning the battle was to be shunted aside to quieter commands for 18 months, before being sent to take command of the air forces at Malta in July 1942. Park went on to command the RAF in the Middle East and ended the war as Allied Air Commander in South East Asia, being present at the Japanese surrender on September 12, 1945 at Singapore. Air Marshal Sir Keith Park: Victor of the Battle of Britain, Defender of Malta by Murray Rowlands is a slim biography that includes an account of the bitter controversies over tactics during the Battle of Britain that led to Park’s temporary banishment in 1941-42.