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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 ...

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.

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 ...

For decades, toy replicas of British warplanes like the Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster have outsold those of their Nazi foes, but now kit sales of Second World War German aircraft have ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two. ... By the end of the battle the better organised RAF had defeated the Luftwaffe and downed 1,887 German planes.

A Spitfire plane carrying a pilot and one passenger has crash-landed on a field in Kent. ... She shot down a German ME 109 over Arnhem, Netherlands, during Operation Market Garden.

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.