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303 Squadron: These Polish Fighter Pilots Won the Battle of Britain
Many a history buff is familiar with Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill’s famous quote about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots ... major defeat in World War II: “Never in the ...
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These Polish Warplanes Fought the Nazi Invasion Until the Very End
It signified both the beginning of World War II and cozier times in Joseph Stalin and ... Britain and thus lived to fight another day. As noted by the RAF Museum’s info page on 303 Squadron: “As the ...
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RAF Fighter Command
Fighter Command was one of three functional commands – along with Bomber Command and Coastal Command – of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of ...
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Service to remember WW2 plane tragedy 80 years on
The aircraft was part of Operation Gisela, which saw 117 fighter ... of the RAF soldiers killed during the operation. Ross Oliver, the nephew of Flt Lt Jack Laffoley of No.10 Squadron, RAF ...
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KS3 / KS4 / GCSE History: World War Two - How did RAF tactics defeat Germany in the Battle of Britain?
I'm a historian and I've been going through the BBC archives looking for stories explaining the events of WWII ... at RAF Uxbridge on their way to Chequers. This was 11 Group HQ, Fighter Command ...