Hurricane named after last Battle of Britain pilot
His name has been added to the body of Hurricane LF363 which is based at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) at RAF ...
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Battle of the Bulge
In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if the Second World War was all ... they had done in May 1940, the Germans struck ...
'End of an era': Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies
The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. Mr Hemingway, who was originally from Dublin, joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a teenager before ...
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The Battle of Britain and the Blitz
This led to the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, followed by the targeted bombing of towns and cities during the Blitz. Germany had overwhelmed France and seized control of the capital ...