The pilot who was tragically killed in a Spitfire crash during a Battle of Britain memorial show said he could not wait to fly the iconic aircraft just weeks before he died. Squadron Leader Mark ...
Even nowadays, it is impossible for anyone who knows a bit of military aviation history to not recognize the famous Supermarine Spitfire from WWII, the aircraft that fought in the Battle of Britain, ...
Stirring photos reveal the reality of life for the brave RAF pilots who fought off Hitler's Luftwaffe from the skies during the Battle of Britain. Thousands of men who gave their lives to defend their ...
​Squadron Leader Paul Day, who has died aged 83, was a Cold War fighter pilot who served on the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) for 24 years, during which time he amassed ...
Britain was supposed to be neutral, but the sky over Rafah didn’t care. Four RAF Spitfires get shot down in a case of deadly confusion, and suddenly the situation spirals fast. Israel sends four ...
The Spitfire went down in the vicinity of RAF Coningsby as part a Battle of Britain event. The legendary British fighter was owned by the RAF, who said in a statement they were working with emergency ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police and emergency services rushed to the scene on Langrick Road in Lincolnshire just before 1.20pm, after the aircraft crashed ...
A Royal Air Force veteran flew in a Spitfire over the South of England on Tuesday, marking 75 years since he served in the Battle of Britain. Only this time, Tom “Ginger” Neil, the last surviving ...
Ken Wilkinson, one of the last survivors of "The Few" — the band of pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain — has died. He was 99. The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust said Wilkinson died Monday. The ...
This week 75 years ago, the future of Europe hung by a thread over the skies of southern England as the Battle of Britain came to a climax. Pilots from the UK, the Commonwealth, the US and countries ...
The youngest Spitfire pilot to fly in the Battle of Britain has died at the age of 96. Geoffrey Wellum, who was just 18 when he joined the RAF in August 1939, died at his home in Cornwall on Wednesday ...
Norman Lewis, a 102-year-old veteran, was given a preview of the restored Spitfire A Spitfire which was donated to Stoke-on-Trent in honour of the famous aircraft's designer has gone on display in a ...