The Hawker Hurricane was not as attractive or streamlined as the Spitfire, and it failed to capture the public’s respect in ...

A flight commemorating the Battle of Britain is set to top the bill at a seaside town's famous airshow this summer. Taking to ...

Josef František joined the Czechoslovak Air Force. By 1940, he was flying for the RAF and topping the ace charts during the ...

He was among the pilots known as “The Few” for their role in the seminal 1940 air battle that defended Britain against major attacks from Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe. Britain’s wartime prime ...

The heavy attacks brought Luftwaffe fighter planes out in force ... On the day before that, U.S. day-flying bombers from Britain had attacked Brunswick. On the day after, the U.S. heavies struck ...

As the last surviving Battle of Britain fighter pilot 'Paddy' Hemingway dies at the age of 105, a glorious chapter closes in our island story ...

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”, and how RAF Fighter Command repulsed attacks by the Luftwaffe. play Dowding's role in the Battle of Britain ...

Scottish civilians hold their breath as a pilot struggles to control his stricken Spitfire above the village of Cowie. They ...

Battle of Britain pilot at 100 ... or “channel battle”, and the defence of British shipping from Luftwaffe attack. On August 18th 1940, a date remembered in RAF circles as ‘The Hardest ...

The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot has died at ... Paddy enjoyed his finest hour as he defended the skies of Britain from Luftwaffe attacks. Responding to daily attacks from the Nazis ...

John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, has died at 105. He played a crucial role in defending Britain from Luftwaffe raids in 1940. Hemingway's squadron downed 90 ...

John 'Paddy' Hemingway joined the RAF at the age of 19 and became one of the airmen Winston Churchill described as 'The Few' ...