This Spitfire had it all. It was a Mark Vc, the distillation of everything the Royal Air Force had learned in the desperate days of the Battle of Britain. "This is the gold standard," Martin ...

This video follows a historical simulation of an RAF pilots experience flying the Spitfire in the Battle of Britain. These Spitfires are scrambled to intercept German He-111 bombers and Bf-109 ...

The replica of a Spitfire which flew in World War Two has been replaced after being damaged by Storm Ciaran last year. The aircraft, which was identical to one which fought off the German ...

During the Battle of Britain, perhaps the most fraught moment in the UK’s history, the Spitfire performed admirably. The Supermarine Spitfire is arguably the most accomplished, and most ...

Meet the young mathematician who helped design the Spitfire, the iconic aircraft that took part in the Battle of Britain, which started 80 years ago today. Hazel Hill helped her father do the ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British a decisive advantage fighting the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.

John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, last pilot of ‘the Few’ who fought in the Battle of Britain He flew Hurricanes and Spitfires and was shot down four times, twice in a period of a few days during ...

There are calls for a special national service to honour Battle of Britain pilots after the last surviving member of ‘The Few’ died. The Prince of Wales led tributes to John ‘Paddy ...

LONDON — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill amid fears that ...

The Battle of Britain stands tall in the heroics of World War 2. Many of us are in awe of The Few. This book tells the personal story of one those men; William Nelson. This is not a story of the ...

John Hemingway, the last of the “Few” as Winston Churchill called them, died on Monday at the age of 105 in a Dublin nursing home. Mr Hemingway served as a pilot in the Battle of Britain when ...

Meet the young mathematician who helped design the Spitfire, the iconic aircraft that took part in the Battle of Britain, which started 80 years ago today. Hazel Hill helped her father do the ...