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Battle of Britain February 2006
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The Battle of Britain, from July -September 1940, was the turning point of the opening of World War II. If the United Kingdom had fallen, the Germans would have been able to throw all their weight into the invasion of the Soviet Union, and the Normandy invasion would have to have been staged from the United States or North Africa. Britain standing alone inspired the American public, and ensured the defeat of Germany, as Hitler's war machine could not stand up to a two-front war.
IWM Duxford has an entire hangar dedicated to the Battle of Britain, with much equipment and vehicles that made her survival possible. There are rare examples of the equipment created to defend herself when Britain expected an invasion that summer.
Hurricane Bf-109E Bf-109E original paint RAF armored car Aerodrome machine gun position 3.7" anti-aircraft gun Aerodrome machine gun position Spitfire Spitfire Bf-110 tailplane Bf-119 engine Barrage balloon handling truck
RAF ambulance Searchlight Hurricane under renovation Visual observer Visual observer Air raid shelter Family waits out the Blitz Life during wartime Inside the ambulance Duxford RAF Control Duxford plot board Duxford tracking numbers Duxford Squadron status
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