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

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

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

The iconic Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is set to appear at Clacton Airshow this summer. The RAF flight will be part of the 32nd annual event, staged by Tendring Council, which will commemorate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway died last month aged 105. The decorated hero was the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot. He was shot down four times during World War Two, and flew ...

Drawing on new research, this aims to offer “revelatory” insights into the men who flew Hitler’s air war against Britain in the summer of 1940, showing them as a multi-dimensional ...

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 ...