Churchill's Few: Pilots of the Battle of Britain

On 20 August 1940, the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, rose to his feet in the House of Commons to give a speech on the war situation. Fierce aerial combats were still raging overhead, which justifiably drew comment from the British leader. ‘The great air battle which has been in progress over this Island for the last few weeks has recently attained a high intensity,’ he declared.

Almost certainly aware that what came to be known as the Battle of Britain had yet to run its course, Churchi...