The man born this week in 1882 arguably is, after Winston Churchill, the reason Great Britain survived World War II, for it was Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding who won the Battle of Britain, and, ...

Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding’s air defence system was crucial during the Battle of Britain. The RAF Museum’s Andrew Renwick describes how it was created. Read the transcript In the 1930s, Great ...

Sir Hugh Dowding, British Air Chief Marshal, like most visitors emerging from a conference with President Roosevelt, was waylaid by reporters as he left the White House. He had spent an important 50 ...