Dubbed the Battle ... Britain until spring. On September 15, 1940 Germany launched as all-out aerial attack. At 11:30 in the morning, air raid sirens wailed over London. Waves of incoming German ...

“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 Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF ... The historic fleet of Second World War aircraft, including Spitfires, Hurricanes and a Lancaster bomber, has been suspended from flying since ...

but 72 enemy aircraft were destroyed. Dowding's system was keeping the Luftwaffe at bay and the legend of the Battle of Britain was born. As Churchill continued his journey to Chequers with ...