In this Then & Now episode, we revisit the quiet hills of Kent where, on July 8, 1940, the RAF scored its first fighter kill over British soil when a Spitfire downed a German Messerschmitt Bf 109.
The Hawker Hurricane was not as attractive or streamlined as the Spitfire, and it failed to capture the public’s respect in the same way. But the Hurricane was responsible for nearly 60 percent of the ...