The Science Museum in London has revealed plans for a new exhibition about the legendary Spitfire and its designer R J Mitchell. ‘Inside the Spitfire: Personal stories of Britain's most famous plane’ ...

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Paul Monteagle, a technology teacher at Millthorpe School in York shows an original spade grip control column from a Second World War Spitfire fighter to pupils who have contributed to a special ...

A dozen Spitfires are to go on display at the place where the first operational squadron of the planes flew from. The Spitfire, with its elliptical wings and powerful Rolls Royce engine, is famous for ...

The RW388 is being housed in a 3,800sq ft glass-walled display at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke, ahead of today's Battle of Britain Day commemorations. Second World War veterans Norman ...

The Science Museum in London is to host an exhibition celebrating the design and history of the Spitfire aeroplane. It will be created by freelance 3D designer Andy Feast and the museum’s head of ...

Rookie Spitfire pilot Sid Cleaver is on his first sortie in the fighter plane of every schoolboy’s dreams. He can feel the sweat on the back of his neck as his squadron supports 100 Dakotas as they ...

In the dark wartime days of the early 1940s, it wasn’t unknown for fighting machines of the era to appear in front of Barnsley town hall as the authorities attempted to rally public spirits. Did you ...

The remains of a Spitfire fighter aircraft that crashed into a field in Co Monaghan during the second World War will go on public display for the first time today. The pilot, British Flt Lieut Gordon ...

One of the most famous and iconic exhibits in Birmingham – the legendary Spitfire – is to get a new £200,000 showcase. The public will be asked to help raise funds for a dedicated new exhibition space ...

09:01, Thu, Jul 28, 2022 Updated: 09:02, Thu, Jul 28, 2022 For some of the young fliers, the smiling face of a pretty transport pilot emerging from a cockpit might be among the last they saw. Article ...