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First-hand accounts offering the RAF pilots who got part in the Fight of Britain - one of the principle turning items of World Conflict II. 'Never in neuro-scientific human turmoil was so much owed by so many to so few' - Winston Churchill. The 'Few' were the nearly 3,000 RAF pilots who fought against the Luftwaffe in the Fight of Britain, which raged in the skies over southern Great britain and the British Channel in the summertime of 1940. With a fresh prime minister, Winston Churchill, Britain fought exclusively in Europe - and under the risk of invasion from Hitler's Germany. Douglas Bader, Air travel Lt Richard Hillary, 'Ginger' Lacey, and Air travel Lt. Brian Kingcombe describe the strains they had to handle as pilots: 'I didn't have butterflies in my own stomach - I had formed vultures' and the 'long, uninteresting time interspersed with occasions of huge exhilaration'. Their dedication, bravery, and skill are evident as, outnumbered, they fought doggedly in their superior Hurricanes and Spitfires. With information bulletins, reportage, personal accounts from the ground crews, and excerpts from Churchill's famous speeches, this taking undeniably shows why, for the victorious RAF pilots, 'This was their finest hour'.
