| WATSONWATT | Depicted in Castles in the Sky, physicist who developed a radar that was pivotal in the allied victory of the Battle of Britain (6-4) |
| JUNOBEACHCENTRE | WORLD WAR II - Museum in Courseulles-sur- Mer in France honouring the bravery and sacrifice of the Canadians who fought for our freedom in the Allied victory (More at #S-Down): 3 wds. |
| DARTH | Radar that hid Mr Vader (5) |
| RICHTER | Charles Francis -; seismologist and physicist who developed a scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake (7) |
| ALAMEIN | El -, scene of a decisive Allied victory of World War II in 1942 (7) |
| CER | Battle of ___ (first Allied victory of W.W. I) |
| WEBERN | Anton von ..., composer shot dead in 1945 in the Allied occupation of Austria (6) |
| DEWAR | British chemist and physicist who developed a vacuum flask, d1923 (5) |
| THEFEW | Name for the Allied airmen of the Royal Air Force who fought the Battle of Britain in the Second World War |
| CRECY | Which battle in France in 1346 was the first major English victory of the Hundred Years War? (5) |
| LUFTWAFFE | Up in the air was the Battle of Britain before that fiery force was brought down. (9) |
| VIMYRIDGE | Battle of -, conflict in April, 1917 that saw a decisive Allied victory in World War I (4,5) |
| ELALAMEIN | Egyptian village that was the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Axis forces in 1942 |
| SPITFIRE | A cannon or volcano, emitting flames; an iconic aircraft of the Battle of Britain; a model of Triumph car; or, one with a hot or explosive temper (8) |
| OKINAWA | What was considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans took place here (7) |
| KEITH | WWI NZ soldier and pilot who led RAF defences during the Battle of Britain in 1940 (5,4) |
| PARK | WWI NZ soldier and pilot who led RAF defences during the Battle of Britain in 1940 (5,4) |
| HUYGENS | Physicist who developed the wave theory of light, described the shape of Saturns rings and discovered Titan (7) |
| VIMY | -- Ridge was site of a 1917 Allied victory in the First World War (4) |
| HURRICANE | Single-seater fighter plane that played an important role in the Battle of Britain (9) |
