The Fw 190 hit the skies over France in 1941 and triggered what RAF pilots later called the “Fw 190 Scourge.” It was faster ...

​Squadron Leader Paul Day, who has died aged 83, was a Cold War fighter pilot who served on the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) for 24 years, during which time he amassed ...

Ronald David Scott was born on October 20, 1917, to a Scottish father, Roy Douglas Scott (a Boer War veteran and a dragoon in World War I and one of the first referees in Argentine rugby), and an ...

A Second World War Spitfire pilot has finally been laid to rest 70 years after his plane was shot down in Italy. Warrant Officer John Henry Coates – known as Harry – was killed when his aircraft ...

Geoffrey Wellum once joked that his life had "peaked" at the age of 21. In 1939, when he was just 18 years old, he had joined the RAF on a short-service mission. Within months he found himself thrust ...

Ronnie Scott didn’t see frontline combat but still contributed to the war effort as an instructor pilot. Here’s What You Need to Remember: For Britain’s sake, it’s probably a good thing that the ...

The Supermarine Spitfire, a British fighter that fought in the second world war, can claim to be the most significant combat aircraft in history. It was a brilliant design, a formidable combination of ...