Last Wednesday, as dusk settled over Duxford, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Dakota emerged, proudly displaying ...

The Battle of Britain The first Spitfires entered service in August 1938. When World War II began on September 1, 1939, nine RAF squadrons were equipped with Spitfires.

It also hosts the RAF Battle of Britain memorial flight, which aims to maintain historic aircraft in “airworthy condition” to commemorate RAF members who lost their lives in service. The scheme has ...

All of 303 Squadron’s kills obtained during the Battle of Britain were attained in … yep, you guessed it: the Hawker Hurricane.What’s more, the only RAF Fighter Command flyboy to be awarded ...

While often overshadowed by the glory of the Spitfire, the Hawker Hurricane was the RAF's fighter workhorse during the Battle of Britain.Evolved from the Hawker Fury, an interwar biplane, the ...

The attraction at Dover's Battle of Britain Memorial site, ... The replica of a Spitfire which flew in World War Two has been replaced after being damaged by Storm Ciaran last year.

He was a pilot in the Battle of Britain at age 21. Those who fought in the three-and-a-half-month battle came to be known as “The Few,” following on then PM, Sir Winston Churchill.

The greatest battle of World War II may still be fought on English soil. If it is, ... BATTLE OF BRITAIN: To Beat the Blitz. 6 minute read. TIME. November 11, 1940 12:00 AM GMT-5.

The Battle of Britain stands tall in the heroics of World War 2. Many of us are in awe of The Few. This book tells the personal story of one those men; William Nelson. This is not a story of the ...

John Hemingway in 1940. “He never saw his role in the Battle of Britain as anything other than doing the job he was trained to do,” the Royal Air Force said in a statement.