Tag: Battle of Britain

Personnel from RCAF 4 Wing Cold Lake took inspiration from a historic victory and paid tribute to the fallen at the annual Battle of Britain parade on Sunday. The Battle of Britain was fought in the skies over the English Channel and over England itself in the summer and early fall of 1940. The Royal […]

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4 Wing Cold Lake commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain on Sunday. In 1940, Hitler commanded air strikes to incapacitate Great Britain’s own air power and air defences. This would have paved the way for a Nazi invasion of the island. Allied air forces turned the tide against the Luftwaffe, forcing Hitler […]

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