The Spitfire’s Surprising Role in World War II: More Than Just a Fighter. Apart perhaps from the B-17 “Flying Fortress,” no other World War II aircraft is as famous as the Supermarine Spitfire.

Former Wren signaller Dorothea Barron, 99, was delighted as she got into a Spitfire cockpit Credit: AP. She was at Biggin Hill, a former World War Two airbase in South London, with ex-servicemen ...

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 ...

A World War Two Spitfire has been forced to make an emergency landing in Kent. Spitfire MJ627 came down in a field on Lower Wall Road, West Hythe, on Saturday evening, said its owner Fly a Spitfire.

Ronnie Scott didn’t see frontline combat but still contributed to the war effort as an instructor pilot. World War II pilots (and WWII veterans in general) are a dying breed. All too often in ...

Last month, a World War II-era Douglas C-54 crashed in Alaska, killing two. In November 2022, a B-17 bomber and a P-63 Kingcobra fighter plane collided at the Wings Over Dallas air show , leaving ...

Former Wren signaller Dorothea Barron, 99, was delighted as she got into a Spitfire cockpit Credit: AP. She was at Biggin Hill, a former World War Two airbase in South London, with ex-servicemen ...

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 ...

World War II veteran, 97, reunited with beloved Spitfire. World War Two. Planes. ... ITV News correspondent Neil Connery reports on an elderly man's lifelong wish to see a Spitfire again.

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 ...

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 ...