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

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.

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 ...