This is a painting of a Spitfire Mk9 of 274 Squadron, flown by Jack Aldred, (born Bramfield, Suffolk, 1924, died 2004). Jack flew over 100 operational hours on Spitfires, but his luck ran out on ...

Tom Chivers reviews The Spitfire: Britain’s Flying Past (BBC Two), in which John Sergeant celebrates the 75th anniversary of Britain’s best-known fighter plane. By Tom Chivers 22 September ...

A MK9 Spitfire will be taking to the skies at around 1pm at the Royal Air Force Museum, in Cosford. The plane, which served during the Second World War in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany ...