BF-109s landed along the runway as you stood there with other pilots and a few officers. But most importantly, chief of the luftwaffe, Goering himself. You clenched your flight helmet to your hand as he looked at you and the other pilots

“Greetings, pilots of the JG 52. You are all expected to do your utter best in the sky. Your mission of today is that your to escort some Do.217s towards Plymouth. Any hurricanes or spitfires that attempt or stop you. Shoot them down”