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Battle of Britain Day

September 15

In England, September 15, 1940, is remembered as the day of the biggest daylight bombing raid of Britain by the German Luftwaffe. The German air attacks had begun in June 1940, and beginning September 7 bombs rained on London for 57 consecutive nights. The Royal Air Force (RAF), while greatly outnumbered, had a secret advantage—radar—and the early-warning chain gave RAF pilots a half-hour's notice of German planes taking off from France. The Luftwaffe was finally defeated in April 1941, ending the first extended battle ever fought for control of the air. Winston Churchill, in a speech in August 1940, was referring to the RAF pilots when he said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Today the RAF, as well as civilian aviation organizations, commemorate the anniversary with air displays of various kinds.

CONTACTS:
Royal Air Force Museum
Grahame Park Way
London, NW9 5LL United Kingdom
44-20-8205-2266
www.rafmuseum.org.uk

SOURCES:
AnnivHol-2000, p. 155
OxYear-1999, p. 374

Celebration day: Sep 15

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And yesterday, the group held a small remembrance ceremony to mark Battle of Britain Day.

70 years on and still we remember; BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND ITS UNSUNG ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

A new permanent bronze statue of Sir Keith Park will be unveiled during the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain period, on 15 September 2010, Battle of Britain Day at a formal memorial ceremony in Waterloo Place, London.

Removal of Statue of Sir Keith Park From Trafalgar Square, Wednesday ... by PR Newswire Europe

The airport is not about to start operating charter flights, but is aiming to become a centre for general aviation and ground-based businesses, as well as building upon its airshow successes with the Air Days held in June and Battle of Britain days in September.

Kemble rebrands as Cotswolds by Airports International

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