I Was There - The Battle Of Britain

On August 9th 1940, three hundred German aircraft flew over South East England and as the Battle of Britain was being fought over the skies, an invasion force was being assembled on the other side of the Channel. Goering had promised the Fuhrer that his pilots would deliver to the Fatherland the “greatest of all victories”, it was simply a matter of time. However, he hadn’t counted on the bravery and the determination of the outnumbered and over-stretched pilots of the Royal Air Force, those whom Churchill proudly and affectionately called ‘the few’. ‘If the British Empire lives to survive a thousand years, men will still say that this was their finest hour!’ The Battle Of Britain gratefully tells their story. A story of daring, of bravery. A story of camaraderie and humour, even in the darkest, lowest hours. This is the real story of the Battle of Britain.