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 ...

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

John “Paddy” Hemingway, who died on St Patrick’s Day aged 105, was the last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain. Born in ...

Ground attack aircraft don't always get the same level of fame that fighter jets do, but they have long served a critical ...

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

Britain ramped up factory production and by October Fighter Command had more fighter planes than the Luftwaffe. Click or tap on the pilots below to find out about their roles in the battle.

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 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 ...

In the United Kingdom, the army enjoys the prestige acquired during the two world wars, but it is concerned about the  threat of a new war, a threat perceived as distant by public opinion.

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is set to take to the skies in Clacton with the celebrated Supermarine Spitfire – which ...