Whether he got it wrong or not we'll never know. Dowding had probably done his bit at Fighter Command. What isn't in doubt is the shabby and snidey way his removal was engineered. It leaves an unpleasant taste in the mouth even reading the details today.\ said:
This was compounded by the omission of Dowding from the so called Battle of Britain pamphlet. It is a thirty two page account of the battle entitled "The Battle of Britain August - October 1940, An Air Ministry Account of the Great Days from 8th August - 31st October 1940", which trips nicely off the tongue
Churchill was furious at the omission and wrote to Sinclair in unequivocal terms. By writing as Prime Minister he put his views on the official record.
"The jealousies and cliquism which have led to the committing of this offence are a discredit to the Air Ministry, and I do not think any other Service Department would have been guilty of such a piece of work.
What would have been said if the War Office had produced the story of the Battle of Libya and had managed to exclude General Wavell's name, or if the Admiralty had told the tale of Trafalgar and left Lord Nelson out of it!
It grieves me very much that you should associate yourself with such behaviour. I am sure you were not consulted beforehand on the point, and your natural loyalty to everything done in your department can alone have led you to condone what nine out of ten men would unhesitatingly condemn."
I bet that caused some red faces at the Air Ministry. They did eventually re-issue the pamphlet including Dowding and photographs of both him and Park.
Cheers
Steve
And he wears lipstick Rick. 
