This summer marks the 75th anniversary of the battle of britain which was fought between july and october 1940 r r one of the turning points in world war two the brave air crew of whom nearly 1500 died who participated in the battle undoubtedly helped prevent germany from invading britainr r to help remember these courageous members of our armed forces and the sacrifice they made and to raise funds to support members and their families of the current armed forces the royal british leg