2,945 RAF aircrew - now celebrated as "The Few" - held off repeated attacks from Germany's Luftwaffe over the skies of ...

It is the only UK museum to commemorate Royal Air Force, United States 8th Army Air Force, and Belgian Air Forces ...

By the summer of 1940, Britain was their next target, though the RAF was a significant barrier. The main aeroplane used by the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain was the Messerschmitt ...

Margaret Hourigan was a miner’s daughter who grew up in Nottingham during the 1930s, and volunteered for the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in 1940. She became a plotter with fighter command – ...

housing several different RAF units. During the Battle of Britain, the airfield came under attack by the Luftwaffe. On August 2, 1940, several buildings were destroyed and five people lost their ...

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 ... 14 ...

Radar was one of the most important factors in the RAF's success in the Battle of Britain ... The term RADAR was coined in 1940 by the United States Navy as an acronym for RAdio Detection And ...

Photo: A RAF fighter squadron 'scrambles' after receiving ... 6 months from Germany's advance through Europe, to the end of 1940 and Britain's continued resistance to German bombing.

RAF Debden, near Saffron Walden ... The lost village with a waterfront pub and a now-vanished castle On August 2, 1940, several buildings were destroyed and five people lost their lives. Another ...