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 ...
Although the battle lasted from July to October 1940, 15 September has become known as Battle of Britain Day as it was ... took off in his Hurricane never to return and it was 44 years before ...
In this collection of programmes, we hear from some of the battle's heroes, see the Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane fighter planes in action and discover why the Battle of Britain should always be ...
A new film, Hurricane, tells the story of the Polish ... down 17 enemy aircraft in one month at the height of the Battle of Britain - September 1940 - as Hitler sought to achieve the air ...
Hurricane began with the message that the film was ‘based on fact’, and quickly ... The end of the film also referenced Fiedler’s book and individual members of the squadron, though the end of the ...
While the RAF deployed several aircraft types over the course of the 112-day Battle of Britain, the two most numerous were ...
The role of a Manchester pioneer who helped the RAF when facing one of its greatest challenges is remembered to coincide with the celebrations marking the 75 th anniversary of the end of The Battle of ...
The Imperial War Museum Duxford will explore two of the major aerial campaigns of World War II in a new exhibition.