Their Finest hour – 85 summers ago, the British Royal Air Force and Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe fought the world’s first great air campaign

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Deadly dance: Messerschmitt versus Hurricane. Canadian aircraft collector Ed Russell’s magnificent Bf 109E White 14 and Hawker Hurricane Little Willie sweep through the skies in a scene played out hundreds of times during the Battle of Britain. The two classic fighters take part in the annual Friendly Foes Over the Falls airshow near Toronto, taking off from the Russell Aviation Group’s base. John Romain in the “Messer” artfully tries to outmaneuver Alan Walker in the...

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