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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Paddy Hemmingway, originally from Dublin, was among the men known as "The Few", coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Battle of Britain pilots ...

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 ...