DAYS OF COURAGE AND CONVICTION ENGLAND COMMEMORATING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF BRITAIN DESPITE THE PASSING DECADES SINCE WORLD WAR II, INTEREST IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN IS AT A HIGH PITCH. AND TRAVELERS TO ENGLAND STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO ADD ONE OR MORE BATTLE-RELATED VISITS TO THEIR ITINERARIES. THIS IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT THE GREATEST AIR BATTLE IN HISTORY, AND TO SEE THE LEGENDARY SPITFIRES AND HURRICANES, OF WHICH ONLY A PRICELESS FEW REMAIN.

The Boston Globe | August 12, 1990| | Copyright

The late English summer of 1940 was notable for long stretches of brilliant sun and blue skies, yet for England it could hardly have been a darker time.

Day after day, exploiting the fair weather, German bombers and fighters streamed across the English Channel in droning death parades, up to 1,000 planes at a time, laden with bombs intended to smash British airfields and British spirit so that Hitler could invade the island nation.

And day after day, young and inexperienced Royal Air Force pilots hurtled aloft in outnumbered Spitfire and Hurricane fighters in a desperate attempt to ...

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