The road to the Hawker Tempest was a long and appropriately tempestuous one, but the result was probably the best British ...

The Supermarine Spitfire fighter was arguably the most important British warplane of World War II. Flying alongside older and slower Hawker Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain during the summer and ...

Squadron Leader Paul Day, who has died aged 83, was a Cold War fighter pilot who served on the RAF’s Battle of Britain ...

LONDON – A rare two-seat version of the Spitfire fighter, the plane that earned a nation's gratitude in the Battle of Britain, may fetch a record price in an auction this month. This Spitfire is ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Britain’s Directorate of Technical Development considered Poland’s PZL P.24 monoplane to replace the Hawker Fury before deciding to stay with the indigenous Spitfire.

A replica British Spitfire fighter is on display in London ahead of the 75th anniversary of the June 6, 1944, D-Day landings. The British used the Spitfire throughout the war, and the replica is one ...

An extremely rare World War II Spitfire fighter plane flown by a pilot who later took part in the "Great Escape" has been recovered from a remote Norwegian mountainside. Specially equipped for ...

Experience the legendary sound of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine as the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane soar together at the Royal International Air Tattoo. This breathtaking display captures ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

"This is what I want to do. I want to fly." 101 Films & Trinity Creative have revealed an official trailer for The Shamrock Spitfire - a WWII thriller about the true story of a famed fighter pilot. It ...

When the single-seat Supermarine Spitfire fighter was at the peak of its operations during World War II, it had a maximum operating radius of some 450 miles. Today, from the aérodrome at the center of ...