15 September 1940 September 14, 2011 Author: Staff The climax of the Battle of Britain, with the UK Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Germany’s Luftwaffe aircraft. Famous Words of Inspiration..."The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Click here for more from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Related posts: 3 July 1940 14 September 1954 12 September 490 BC Categories: History Tags: 15 September, 1940