What if today’s modern Luftwaffe took on the RAF during the historic Battle of Britain? This fascinating hypothetical explores how advanced German fighter jets, bombers, and air combat tactics would ...
The Luftwaffe, weather-bound through most of last week, got over England’s east coast long enough one night to drop paper weapons. The Germans thought that the downcurve in British morale (TIME, June ...
March 18 (UPI) --The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old. Announcing the death of John "Paddy" ...
Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway, DFC, AE, an Irishman who served in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the 1940 Battle of Britain, died Monday, St. Patrick’s Day, at the age of 105.
A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help stave off a Nazi land invasion of Britain. By Richard Goldstein Addressing ...
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What Russia and Ukraine Can Learn from the Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain ended 85 years ago today—closing a months-long air war with clear parallels to the ongoing fight in the skies over Ukraine.
I have to declare a personal stake that shapes my opinion as I write this story. It has its origins in 1940, 85 years ago this month. I was seven years old, living near London. I watched the ...
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Last known survivor of the Battle of Britain, John 'Paddy' Hemingway, dies aged 105
The last of 'The Few' - the pilots who fought in the 1940 Battle of Britain - has died at the age of 105. John 'Paddy' ...
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