A World War two Spitfire ace has been reunited with the airframe for the first time in 80 years at the Australian ...
He is generally thought to have collided with wreckage from the crippled German bomber, rendering his Spitfire uncontrollable. Further speculation suggested he was the victim of friendly fire from ...
He shot down five enemy aircraft and was the only Canadian Ace of that Battle. He was lauded as a hero of Canada and its Jewish community. His wife Marjorie gave birth to a son on August 30, 1940. A ...
A film about a decorated Irish Spitfire pilot has won almost 50 film festival awards ahead of its release. The Shamrock Spitfire tells the story of 21-year-old Brendan “Paddy” Finucane ...