In the summer of 1940, the fate of Britain hung in the balance. The Luftwaffe launched relentless air raids, but the RAF stood firm. This video recreates a critical moment in the Battle of Britain, as ...

fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940 and thus dealing Nazi Germany its first major defeat in World War II: “Never in the field of human conflict was so ...

During the summer of 1940, a few hundred fighter pilots stood in the way of Hitler's massive air attack on England. One hundred Canadians were among them. Dubbed the Battle of Britain, it was the ...

Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of one of the last remaining Battle of Britain pilots. Former Spitfire pilot Kenneth Wilkinson died in July at the age of 99. Several roads around St ...

Royal Air Force (RAF) Squadron Leader Mark Long died Saturday when his Spitfire fighter crashed during a reenactment of the Battle of Britain Coningsby base in Lincolnshire. Prime Minister Rishi ...

To successfully invade Britain, Germany needed to control the skies over the English channel. This led to the Battle ... pilots from across the British Empire: Jamaica, Canada, Australia and New ...