The Greatest Day by Robert Taylor - Aviation Art

THE GREATEST DAY THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, 15 SEPTEMBER, 1940. by Robert Taylor THE WORLD'S FOREMOST AVIATION ARTIST COMMEMORATES THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN "Hitler's air force returned to mass daylight raids yesterday and the RAF gave them the most shattering defeat they have ever known." - The Daily Mail 16 Sept 1940. Sunday, 15 September, 1940 and Luftwaffe supremo Hermann Goering believed victory over the RAF was at hand. Today, he decreed, would be the day that his 'glorious' Luftwaffe would finally break the back of Fighter Command's stubborn resistance. Or so he believed.  In response to a massed formation of enemy aircraft detected heading for London, Air Vice Marshal Keith Park commanding 11 Group scrambled his squadrons. He also requested that 12 Group bring Douglas Bader's 'Big Wing' down from Duxford. Every available pilot and machine was committed. Prime Minister Winston Churchill turned to Park and asked "What other reserves have we" "There are none", Park replied.  Bader now h