Construction of a new control tower has started at a former Battle of Britain airfield in Essex. Epping Forest District Council commenced the plan at North Weald Airfield after it sold 52 acres of ...

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

radar stations and airfields. Hitler wanted to destroy the country's air defenses to make way for an invasion of Britain. For some Canadian airmen the Battle of Britain was baptism by fire.

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At the eastern end of the magnificent Lady Chapel built by King Henry VII is a chapel dedicated to the men of the Royal Air Force who died in the Battle of Britain between July and October 1940. This ...

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding was the head of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, and the main architect of its success. Photo: Hugh Dowding (right) with King George VI and ...

The Battle of Britain began on 10 July 1940 ... Goering planned for British Fighter Command to be destroyed, as well as airfields and RAF stations where mechanics, engineers and support staff ...

Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over 50 years of BBC television and radio programmes The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air ...