Spitfire pilot saved a German man whose plane he’d shot downSpitfire pilot saved a German man whose plane he’d shot down ...

The Spitfire remained in production until 1948 ... with over 400 participating. French-German aircraft designer Claudius Dornier, who was 27 at the time, designed the first all-metal plane ...

An historic Spitfire that downed a German aircraft during the Second World War before starring in a string of hit Hollywood films in the 1960s is set to go under the hammer this weekend for a ...

The Spitfire would also serve in the air forces of nations like Poland, Belgium, Norway, and even the Soviet Union, which operated more than 1,300 of the planes as both fighters and reconnaissance ...

When German bombs hit the Spitfire factory building the plane production ground to a sudden halt. There would be no new Spitfires to replace those shot from the skies. As British resistance ...

Sales of German tanks and ships have also outstripped ... The most popular RAF planes are the Supermarine Spitfire, the De Havilland Mosquito, the Hawker Hurricane and the Avro Lancaster.

Interestingly, some Spitfire pilots even modified their aircraft to deliver beer to troops ... silhouette of the British fighter from German BF-109s, particularly the squared wing-tip ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World ... better organised RAF had defeated the Luftwaffe and downed 1,887 German planes. The RAF lost 1,023 planes. Man walked 250,000 steps in a week ...

She shot down a German ME 109 over Arnhem, Netherlands, during Operation Market Garden. Fly a Spitfire, a company which owns the plane, said in a statement on social media that the pilot made a ...

There were many legendary planes that made a difference in WWII such as the Spitfire and Boeing B-17, but one that is often overlooked is the Hawker Hurricane.