In May 1940, an RAF Spitfire pilot crash-landed behind enemy lines in France with German forces closing in. Rather than ...

A Spitfire pilot who died when his plane 'lost control' was still alive on impact and was killed by the fire, an inquest heard. Peter Hughes, a former commercial pilot for British Airways, died at the ...

The upcoming film "Shamrock Spitfire" tells the inspiring true story of legendary World War II Irish fighter pilot Brendan "Paddy" Finucane. This multi-award-winning, gripping feature chronicles the ...

BBC's overlooked war drama t tells the heartbreaking true story of one of the youngest Spitfire pilots in the Battle of ...

Ronald David Scott was born on October 20, 1917, to a Scottish father, Roy Douglas Scott (a Boer War veteran and a dragoon in World War I and one of the first referees in Argentine rugby), and an ...

A PILOT was tragically killed when the replica Spitfire he’d built spun out of control during take-off and crashed in a ball of flames, an inquest has heard. Peter Hughes, a former commercial pilot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Susie Laurence-Doig said her Spitfire flight had been ‘an absolute dream come true’ - Eddie Mulholland Air traffic controller ...

Spitfire pilot Matt Jones said the plane was an "icon that stands for Britain at its best" A Spitfire taking part in a nationwide memorial flight marking the plane's 90th anniversary has been flying ...

Viewers have hailed a BBC drama chronicling the harrowing experience of a Spitfire pilot as an underrated gem that should be shown in "high school history class." Helmed by Matthew Whitman, this ...

A Spitfire (front) and a Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight The Spitfire took its maiden flight 90 years ago this month. Hidden East Yorkshire's Sally Fairfax recalls growing up next ...