Among them was Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson, of Tadcaster, the only Battle of Britain pilot to be awarded the Victoria Cross. |
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We are at the time of year when we commemorate the great valour shown in the Battle of Britain. |
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Battle of Britain survivors yesterday launched a project to raise funds for a monument to commemorate their historic actions. |
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During the Battle of Britain its resources were severely stretched, with the life expectation for fighter pilots down to four or five weeks. |
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He said he learned to stick to his guns from his father, a group captain who flew a Spitfire in the Battle of Britain. |
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He was eight years old when he witnessed the Battle of Britain in the form of Churchillian rhetoric on a radio set. |
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Battle of Britain is a war game for the personal computer from noted designer Gary Grigsby. |
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Straight had married an Englishwoman in 1935, taken British nationality and fought as a Hurricane pilot during the Battle of Britain. |
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A similar performance then would be an unmitigated disaster, with the Battle of Britain likely to be no more than a bloodbath. |
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Battle of Britain is a wonderful film if what you principally want to see are lots of vintage World War II aircraft engaged in aerial dogfights. |
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It will be followed by a fly-past by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota, a display by pipers and a military salute. |
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Of the many Fox catalog titles out on the video market, Battle of Britain was an intriguing choice to release on Blu-ray. |
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A little further on is Zimbabwe's main military airbase, where pilots used to train for the Battle of Britain. |
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The first combats of the Battle of Britain demonstrated that maintaining the flight formation when attacking was dangerous. |
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The pact was signed on August 18, 1940, three days after the beginning of the decisive Battle of Britain. |
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One in five of the pilots in the Battle of Britain came from overseas and, far from fighting for an Arcadian Britain, some were revenging the invasion of their homelands. |
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It was as strategically important to win as the Battle of Britain, and it lasted as long as the Second World War itself. |
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It's called The Few and it takes place in The Battle of Britain. |
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During the Battle of Britain in 1940, Sheffield was a major target because of all the steelworks and the heavy manufacturing plants that dominated the city at that time. |
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Discover the role of the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Battle of Britain. |
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Canadian pilots took part in the Battle of Britain to defend the skies over England against German aerial attack. |
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Imagine if we had decided to cut and run during the Battle of Britain, or at Vimy Ridge, or on Juno Beach. |
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Once again this year, members of 16 Wing and the people of the City of Barrie will commemorate the Battle of Britain. |
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The significance of the Battle of Britain is more than just a military victory. |
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Last Sunday, fitting tribute was paid to those who fought in the Battle of Britain during a parade at the cenotaph in Barrie. |
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Yet again, the old Battle of Britain headlines will be dusted down. |
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The war news was bad, including the bombing of English cities in the Battle of Britain and British naval losses to German U-boats in the Atlantic. |
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Churchill followed that closely with two other equally famous ones, given just before the Battle of Britain. |
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The heavy fighting in the Battle of Britain had eaten up most of Fighter Command's resources, so there was little investment in night fighting. |
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It incorporates a memorial window to the Battle of Britain, which replaces an earlier Tudor stained glass window destroyed in the war. |
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The British repelled German air attacks in the Battle of Britain in the same year. |
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However, the German Luftwaffe failed to defeat the Royal Air Force in what became known as the Battle of Britain. |
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It's all part of the Battle of Britain. But the most vital, spectacular, and brilliant part of the great aerial campaign is being played by the Fighter Command. |
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In the 1969 film Battle of Britain, Dowding was played by Laurence Olivier. |
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Within weeks, the Battle of Britain began. |
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The failure of German production was evident from the start of the Battle of Britain. |
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The Battle of Britain has the unusual distinction that it gained its name before being fought. |
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This directive remained in force in the first phase of the Battle of Britain. |
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Many mixed media artists have also created pieces in honour of the Battle of Britain. |
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Plans for the Battle of Britain window in Westminster Abbey were begun during wartime, the committee chaired by Lords Trenchard and Dowding. |
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There was also the 1943 The Battle of Britain in Frank Capra's Why We Fight series. |
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During World War II, much of the Battle of Britain was fought in the skies over the county. |
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Britain remained alone but refused to negotiate, and defeated Germany's air attacks in the Battle of Britain. |
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It is also suggested that Poppies be worn at other commemorative events throughout the year, such as the Battle of the Atlantic, the Battle of Britain, a memorial service at a Legion Convention and other similar occasions. |
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I just love the whole tie-in between the Air Force, the Gardiner Museum, and the history of our Canadian pilots who fought so nobly in the Battle of Britain. |
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This particular Sunday also marks a significant moment in the life of the British nation, as it is the day chosen to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Battle of Britain. |
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Hawker Hurricane fighters ruled the Battle of Britain skies. |
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At Battle of Britain commemorations on the weekend, I was thinking of how important BBC was to that nation in times of its peril, and I personally believe how important CBC has been to the fabric of Canadian culture. |
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It is only after the end of the Battle of Britain that the Allies would, in their turn, assume the offensive and launch bombing raids against Germany. |
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A Luftwaffe Heinkel He-111 bomber shot down during the Battle of Britain. |
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Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Second World War, described the beginning and progress of the Battle of Britain as the greatest air battle the world has ever known. |
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During the Battle of Britain, the British protected themselves against German bombing raids through an early warning system, the Chain Home, and by using fighters-interceptors. |
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As they did during the Battle of Britain, the British improve dramatically their anti-submarine warfare equipment and strategy, and multiply both air and sea patrols. |
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These airplanes were instrumental in the Battle of Britain. She was in charge of all engineering work, adapting the Hurricane to fly in cold weather. |
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When fighter jocks jumped into their Hurricanes or Spitfires during the Battle of Britain, they did so in their heavy wool dress uniform, complete with knotted tie. |
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Some Canadians had already served in the Battle of Britain in the summer of l940, well before the first graduates of this plan were serving in a theatre of war. |
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In 1940, the RAF defeated the German Luftwaffe in a struggle for control of the skies in the Battle of Britain. |
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Much of the Battle of Britain was fought in this region, especially in Kent. |
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The Battle of Britain began in early July with Luftwaffe attacks on shipping and harbours. |
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The Battle of Britain window in Westminster Abbey was also encouraged by the Air Ministry, Lords Trenchard and Dowding on its committee. |
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The Battle of Britain marked the first major defeat of Hitler's military forces, with air superiority seen as the key to victory. |
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This system provided the vital advance information that helped the Royal Air Force win the Battle of Britain. |
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It earned great fame during the Battle of Britain in 1940, when the Few held off the Luftwaffe attack on Britain. |
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Most of the factors that had allowed Fighter Command to win the Battle of Britain were now reversed. |
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Through the summer and autumn of 1940 in the Battle of Britain, Dowding's Fighter Command resisted the attacks of the Luftwaffe. |
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He was thus responsible for the preparation for and the conduct of the Battle of Britain. |
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During the Battle of Britain, however, British Hurricanes and Spitfires proved roughly equal to Luftwaffe fighters. |
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The operations of the Luftwaffe against the Royal Air Force became known as the Battle of Britain. |
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The Battle of Britain represented a concerted attempt by Germany to establish air superiority over Britain, which it never achieved. |
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The Luftwaffe made 21 deliberate attacks on small torpedo boats during the Battle of Britain, sinking none. |
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In World War II RAF Exeter was an important RAF Fighter Command airfield during the Battle of Britain. |
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Our parent unit 121 Squadron RAF was also operational, flying spitfires at the time of the Battle of Britain. |
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You have to say that Sir Eck was the perfect house guest after his team's triumph in the Battle of Britain. |
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During the late 1950s and 1960, various proposals were advanced for a national monument to the Battle of Britain, this also the focus of several letters in The Times. |
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Although not actually an 'official' memorial to the Battle of Britain in the sense that government paid for it, the window and chapel have since been viewed as such. |
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After the air battle, known as the Battle of Britain, the Germans switched to a strategy of night bombing raids, which Britain echoed with raids over Germany. |
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The Battle of Britain began in early July 1940, with attacks on shipping and ports in the Kanalkampf which forced RAF Fighter Command into defensive action. |
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The British victory in the Battle of Britain was achieved at a heavy cost. |
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The names of these Allied and Commonwealth airmen are inscribed in a memorial book which rests in the Battle of Britain Chapel in Westminster Abbey. |
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The publication of the immensely successful 3d pamphlet, The Battle of Britain, saw huge international sales, leading even Goebbels to admire its propaganda value. |
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Focusing only upon the Few, with no mention of RAF bomber attacks against invasion barges, the Battle of Britain was soon established as a major victory for Fighter Command. |
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Noted above, this in turn led to the March 1941 pamphlet, which inspired a wide range of cultural responses to the Few, and the Battle of Britain. |
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A number of crews were also lost to hypothermia during the Battle of Britain when planes ran out of fuel or were shot down and ditched in the English Channel. |
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The stage is set for the 70th anniversary commemorations that will pay tribute to the sacrifice and heroism of those who took part in the Battle of Britain. |
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Meanwhile, Polish fliers had an important role in the Battle of Britain. |
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The Battle of Britain flypast with two Hurricanes and Spitfires was cancelled owing to poor weather conditions, but the Memorial Day service of commemoration went ahead. |
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By the start of the Second World War, 19 were ready to play a key part in the Battle of Britain, and by the end of the war over 50 had been built. |
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The Battle of Britain started on July 10 with the Luftwaffe trying to gain control of the Straits of Dover to leave the way clear for a seaborn landing. |
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One RAF pilot interviewed in late 1940 had been shot down five times during the Battle of Britain, but was able to crash land in Britain or bail out each time. |
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By 1939 the Luftwaffe was not much better prepared than its enemies to conduct a strategic bombing campaign, with fatal results during the Battle of Britain. |
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Following his cremation, his ashes were laid to rest below the Battle of Britain Memorial Window in the Royal Air Force chapel at Westminster Abbey. |
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The air battle was later commemorated by Battle of Britain Day. |
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During the summer of 1940, reporters gathered at Shakespeare Cliff to watch aerial dogfights between German and British aircraft during the Battle of Britain. |
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