A look at the iconic combat aircraft, 90 years on from its first flight, and why it was the people's plane.

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, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tolkowsky, right, shaking hands with a British officer - Government Press Office Major General Dan Tolkowsky, who has died aged ...

Our tribute to a pilot's battle against the elements over the English Channel in 1940. An RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk1 pilot is to be lost at sea as the weather closes in. Airmen lost in this way was ...

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 ...

The search is on for the mysterious World War II sweetheart of a Royal Air Force Spitfire pilot who was killed in the famous Great Escape. Flt. Lt. Alastair ‘Sandy’ Gunn was shot down over Norway on ...

BBC Breakfast viewers were amazed as 105-year-old WW2 Mosquito pilot Colin Bell celebrated his birthday on the show,.

He is a German Luftwaffe ace with 81 confirmed victories on the Eastern front. Now a 103-year-old veteran, his talent and courage remain legendary throughout the world. It is the most iconic British ...

10:00, Sat, Sep 20, 2025 Updated: 12:10, Sat, Sep 20, 2025 Your patriotic Express went 'Chocs Away and Tally Ho!' in Blackpool - to 'Reach For The Skies' in the world's only full-size WWII Spitfire ...

Wartime aircraft due to form a major part of this weekend’s English Riviera Airshow in Devon have been grounded after a fatal crash. Sqn Ldr Mark Long was killed when the Spitfire he was flying ...