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Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore is a PhD candidate at Newcastle University.

His thesis is entitled After the Blitz: Luftwaffe Operations over the United Kingdom and the Development of the Defence systems: May 1941 to December 1943, which will be completed during 2018. This study examines the continuing operations of the Luftwaffe and challenges the conventional view that subsequent attacks on the UK were insignificant. A holistic approach to the bombing has been used, with the military, social and political effects of bombing on British policy, the experience of civilians (especially casualties in air raid shelters) and night air defence being assessed, together with the subsequent influence of British bombing policy on German doctrine from 1942.  His research interests include the development of strategic bombing, the air defence of the UK, RAF operations during the Second World War, and the military application of scientific developments. Future research will focus on the pilot crisis in Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, and the establishment of air defences during the First World War, especially the sound mirrors constructed along the north-east coat. He is a member of the Royal Air Force Historical Society and the Second World War Research Group.