The Supermarine Spitfire emerged from a flawed interwar fighter competition to become Britain’s most iconic aircraft. Its ...

Even nowadays, it is impossible for anyone who knows a bit of military aviation history to not recognize the famous Supermarine Spitfire from WWII, the aircraft that fought in the Battle of Britain, ...

During Britain’s darkest hours in 1940 one young RAF pilot emerged as the most lethal defender of the nation. Eric Lock shot ...

This Spitfire had it all. It was a Mark Vc, the distillation of everything the Royal Air Force had learned in the desperate days of the Battle of Britain. "This is the gold standard," Martin Henocq ...

Ken Wilkinson, one of the last survivors of "The Few" — the band of pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain — has died. He was 99. The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust said Wilkinson died Monday. The ...

An RAF pilot has died in a “tragic accident” after a Spitfire plane crashed into a field in Coningsby, Lincolnshire during an event to commemorate the Battle of Britain. Police and emergency services ...

The Royal Air Force pilot who died in a Spitfire crash near RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Saturday has been named as squadron leader Mark Long. Police and emergency services rushed to the scene on ...

LONDON – Ken Wilkinson, one of the last surviving Spitfire pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain, has died. He was 99. The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust says Wilkinson died on Monday. He was one ...