Our tribute to a pilot's battle against the elements over the English Channel in 1940. An RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk1 pilot ...

The airfields of World War Two were more than strips of grass and concrete - they were lifelines where young men faced death ...

It was painted sky-blue, spent most of its time at altitudes of around 25,000-30,000 feet and belonged to No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) stationed at RAF Benson near Wallingford in ...

The 1944 'Spirit of Kent' Spitfire on the tarmac at Biggin Hill - Julian Simmonds for The Daily Telegraph On a bright Wednesday morning in Biggin Hill, south-east London, Joe Hurst clambers into the ...

A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War II era Spitfire he was flying crashed into a field in England. The RAF announced Saturday the pilot had died in a “tragic accident” near ...

Veteran Spitfire pilot Peter Proctor gasps with excitement as he leaps out of a plane for the first time ... at the age of 92. Plucky Peter flew the legendary fighter plane after joining the RAF in ...

Bruce Mclean, Chief Engineer at the Sydney Manufacturing Hub who is leading the restoration of Sandy's Spitfire recovered by the AA810 Spitfire Project. He is pictured with the one of the aircraft's ...

One of Germany’s essential steps for European domination in World War II was to control the British isles, which it tried to do in the summer of 1940 using air warfare almost exclusively. However, ...

EXCLUSIVE: In the week we honour Battle of Britain Day, the peak of our 1940 air defence of the UK, we stepped into the boots of our flying heroes. Your patriotic Express went 'Chocs Away and Tally Ho ...

The following is excerpted from Tim Harford’s new book Adapt: Why Success Always Starts With Failure. In 1931, the British Air Ministry sent out a demanding new specification for a fighter aircraft.