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Where the Battle of Britain Began

In this Then & Now episode, we revisit the quiet hills of Kent where, on July 8, 1940, the RAF scored its first fighter kill ...
Battle of Britain, a crucial moment in World War II when the Royal Air Force bravely defended the United Kingdom against ...
On the night of December 29th 1940, my grandmother, Dorothy, reported for duty as a wartime volunteer fire-watcher in the ...
There are so many anniversaries related to the Second World War that some of them tend to escape many people’s notice.
Those who were alive while the Battle of Britain raged in our skies 80 long summers ago, and are still alive today, are a thinning band. But the deadly four-month aerial conflict between Britain's ...
Dorset's role in the Battle of Britain is being remembered today on the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain ...
Even nowadays, it is impossible for anyone who knows a bit of military aviation history to not recognize the famous Supermarine Spitfire from WWII, the aircraft that fought in the Battle of Britain, ...
Join WW2 Wayfinder and the renowned Aviation PhotoCrew for an air-to-air photography mission from Headcorn Aerodrome in Kent, capturing Spitfires and Hurricanes soaring over the very skies where the ...
Hemingway: ’I had the staggering luck to fight alongside great pilots, flying magnificent aircraft , with the best ground crew, in the best air force in the world’ Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway ...
Germany’s Luftwaffe could have won the Battle of Britain if they had attacked earlier and focused on bombing airfields, a new study has suggested. New simulations by York University researchers ...
Scramble: Battle of Britain is a tactical dogfighting game set in 1940, featuring intense aerial battles in a 3D airspace. Players lead squadrons of Luftwaffe and RAF fighters, planning maneuvers, ...
Scramble: Battle of Britain is a tactical dogfighting game set in 1940, featuring intense aerial battles in a 3D airspace. Players lead squadrons of Luftwaffe and RAF fighters, planning maneuvers, ...