Over three days, tens of thousands of people were killed. This short film explains what the Battle of Britain was, who was involved and how radar was used throughout the battle. A veteran called ...

A film about a decorated Irish Spitfire pilot has won almost 50 film festival awards ahead of its release. The Shamrock Spitfire tells the story of 21-year-old Brendan “Paddy” Finucane, the ...

Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over 50 years of BBC television and radio programmes The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air ...

Two flights of RAF Hurricanes head to intercept a large flight of He-111 bombers and Me-109 fighters in the early days of the Battle of Britain. Heating up: Newsom, Pritzker, Buttigieg make early ...

National treasure David Jason marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Watch him meet the RAF team who fly and maintain historic aircraft of World War II.

The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force ...

One hundred Canadians were among them. Dubbed the Battle of Britain, it was the first decisive clash of Second World War and the first battle in history to be fought exclusively in the air.

The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. Mr Hemingway, who was originally from Dublin, joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a teenager before ...