Designed during World War 2, the de Havilland Vampire would go on to become a strange looking but effective single engine jet ...

The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal ...

As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning ...

Humanity achieved flight a mere decade before the outset of World War I in 1914, and pioneers did not take long to press the revolutionary new science into service. The first fighter pilots fought ...

Although RAF Fighter Command was outnumbered in July 1940, Britain ramped up factory production and by October Fighter Command had more fighter planes than ... in action. WW2: Did the war change ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1945, the British-built Miles M.57 Aerovan prototype made its maiden flight from the manufacturer's ...

The RAF lost 1,023 planes. The tide of the war started ... Find out if you would have what it takes to be part of the crew. WW2: How did the British plan to celebrate VE Day?

The Spitfire fighter and the Lancaster bomber ruled the skies throughout World War II. The Harrier ... to fly transport planes, relive the forgotten history of the 10 worst British planes ever ...

One of the most sinister aircraft of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87 ... German fleet and participated in events like the Battle of Britain. The P-51D Mustang is an icon in the U.S. military.

His DFC citation read: “He was recently awarded a Command Mention for bringing back his badly damaged aircraft a distance ... Wg Cdr Beadon returned to Britain in 1946 and served with the ...

Twenty people have died after a World War Two vintage aircraft crashed into a mountainside in eastern Switzerland, police say. The plane - a Junkers JU-52 HB-HOT - was carrying 17 passengers and ...