Current Affairs Battle of Britain: Remembering the Czech aces among 'The Few'
This week marks the 65th anniversary of the turning point in the "Battle of Britain," when Royal Air Force pilots gunned down 185 German planes in a single day. Ahead of the battle, the Luftwaffe outnumbered the RAF by more than three to one, and Adolf Hitler was expecting a decisive victory that would allow him to mount a full-scale invasion of the British Isles. Among the RAF fighting men who came to be known as "The Few" were almost ninety Czechoslovaks -- including the top scoring pilot of the entire battle.
Karel Kuttelwascher
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