Historians have described the Battle of Britain as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. The battle began on July 10, 1940, and lasted until October 31, overlapping the ...

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, ...

​Squadron Leader Paul Day, who has died aged 83, was a Cold War fighter pilot who served on the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) for 24 years, during which time he amassed ...

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

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Historic aircraft from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will accompany the Spitfire on the first flight next month.

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight has been temporarily grounded after a Royal Air Force pilot died in a crash. Squadron leader Mark Long was killed in a Spitfire crash near RAF Coningsby in ...

Spitfire to fly across UK to celebrate iconic aircraft’s 90th anniversary - Each journey will begin and conclude where RJ ...

The Battle of Britain (1940) was the first major all-air military campaign, successfully defended by the Royal Air Force (RAF) against Germany's Luftwaffe, with the Supermarine Spitfire playing a ...