World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war ...

As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning ...

Though plans for a Spitfire fitted with an arrester hook and folding wings were made in 1939, and the Admiralty expressed interest in procuring 50 aircraft in February 1940, First Lord of the ...

The RAF called for reinforcements and over the summer hundreds of Spitfires were shipped in by aircraft carriers. These improved Spitfire Mark Vs had a top speed of 371mph and were armed with ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: “No aircraft is as hallowed as the Spitfire,” Holland concludes. For Britain’s sake, it’s probably a good thing that the assessors never gave the P.

A commemorative plaque has been unveiled at the University of Southampton to mark the Spitfire’s historic links with the city. The single-seat fighter aircraft was used by the Royal Air Force ...

The aircraft was brought to "a swift halt on the grass" after it came off the runway, the RAF says A Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) has come off the runway following a ...