Britain needed these heroes in more ways than one. And the men seemed different too, with their pilots’ uniform, flying goggles and caps.įor the 1940 school child, uncertain about the future – asking if the Nazi invasion would come – the Spitfire pilots protecting the skies above England were the Avengers of their day. There was something less horrific about men fighting each other in blue skies, rather than freezing grey oceans. Unlike the battlefield where war was terrible, the fight above England inspired those who could do little more than watch on from the ground. Young boys looked up in stunned awe at the activities unfolding above them while men – the few – risked their lives, and all too often lost them, heading off wave after wave of the Luftwaffe. Perhaps what stands it out from other battles in World War Two is that it happened here, in the skies above 1940 Britain, over our cities, towns and villages. The Battle of Britain is an episode of history magnanimous for the brave exploits of the RAF Spitfire Pilots central to it - known as The Few.
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