"The only thing that really was stopping them from dominating western Europe was the English Channel and Britain." The Battle of Britain was a defining moment in the Second World War. RAF aircraft were outnumbered by around ten to one but against all odds, beat back successive waves of German aerial attacks over three-and-a-half-months. | Forces News

Battle of Britain 80th Anniversary - Authentic Gun Camera Footage This video shows very brief records of aerial combat captured on 16mm film by gun cameras mounted in the wings of British fighter aircraft during July, August, and September 1940. Captions identify pilot name, squadron, date of attack, aircraft type and target. Notes: V is used as an abbreviation for versus and does not refer to the Spitfire Mark V, which entered service in early 1941. The first clip does not show an “Me 109” bein