The UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) is commemorating 84 years since the pivotal 'Battle of Britain' during the early days of World ...
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight planes are a popular sight at summer shows A technical issue which grounded most of the historic aircraft that make up the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight ...
The Luftwaffe heavily outnumbered the RAF. During the Battle of Britain, they had 2,550 fighter planes available, while the RAF only had 749. British pilots were also less experienced that the ...
“During the Battle of Britain, women were restricted to flying training and communication aircraft such as the Airspeed Oxford.” That would change later on in the war, when female pilots were ...
The replica of a Spitfire which flew in World War Two has been replaced after being damaged by Storm Ciaran last year. The aircraft, which was identical to one which fought off the German ...
303 Squadron was officially activated on August 2, 1940, twenty-three days after the Battle of Britain commenced. However, it would take some time before these Polish fighter pilots were allowed ...
Geograph/Christine Matthews The Hawker Hurricane aircraft became synonymous with North Weald Airfield due to its role in the Battle of Britain The existing Grade II listed control tower ...
Continuing our coverage of the Undaunted tabletop franchise, we now take to the skies in our Undaunted Battle of Britain ...
It was all over in just 36 days. Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, backed by the Soviet Union, was the first success of Hitler’s Blitzkrieg and effectively erased Poland from the map of Europe.
Two planes escaped, a third did not. As Battle of Britain continued, Allied aircrews were out-numbered and losing pilots faster than they could be replaced. Hartland de Montarville Molson had left ...