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

World War II, over its six-year span, saw the death of approximately 85 million people. In the name of victory, for defense and offense, nations developed creative new ways to fight, from the sea, on ...

The heart of British aviation history. Spitfire RN201 takes to the skies in a display that blends elegance with raw power, ...

A silver Spitfire plane that served in World War II, flying more than 51 missions during the war, is en route to the New York City area in an attempt to complete the world’s longest flight. Leaving ...

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 the last surviving female pilots from World War II has died on the British Isle of Wight, aged 101. Mary Ellis served in the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) during the war, delivering Spitfire ...

A rare World War II Photo Reconnaissance Spitfire, which had been shot down by German forces in 1942 and remained lost until its recovery from a Norwegian peat bog 76 years later, is undergoing ...

LONDONLONDON — A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near a British air force base in eastern England on Saturday, killing the pilot, the U.K. defense ministry said. The ministry confirmed ...

Summary: Recent months have seen several tragic military aircraft incidents. An F-35 Lightning II and an F-16 Fighting Falcon both crashed in New Mexico, while a vintage Supermarine Spitfire from the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — A World War II-era Spitfire ...