WW2 fighters cleared to fly after pilot death
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) stopped using its Merlin-engined Hurricanes and Spitfires following the death of ...
Grounded RAF WW2 fighters cleared to fly again
World War Two fighter aircraft grounded after a fatal crash are to fly again, the RAF has said. The Battle of Britain ...
Why Was The UK's Fairey Battle Called A "Flying Coffin"?
This aircraft, the Fairey Battle, a British-made bomber, became known during the war as the “Flying Coffin,” and is remembered to this day by many World War II veterans by this name. In this article, ...
Spitfire flies over Hampshire in memory of 103 year old veteran
Bryan Wardell had a distinguished career in the RAF as a flight engineer during the Second World War. He died on January 31, and on Saturday a Spitfire flew overhead as part of hi ...
Farewell to our last World War II veteran
If you’re 19 or 20 and the toughest decision you’re making today is what you’re going to do for the weekend, Ron Pell would ...
VC families may have to go overseas to see ancestors’ medals amid Imperial War Museum row
The families of Britain’s bravest soldiers may have to travel overseas if they wish to see their ancestors’ Victoria Cross ...
VC winners’ families attack ‘appalling’ Imperial War Museum decision to close gallery
Lord Ashcroft Gallery will close in less than four months, with collection of around 230 crosses removed from public view ...
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The stories of heroism behind World War Two’s famous aircraft wreckages
The Lancaster Bomber crew were flying over the Netherlands at time and the plane crashed into lake Ijsselmeer. In 2023, after a fishing boat snagged its nets on a Merlin engine and propeller belonging ...
10 Notable Defunct US & UK Military Aircraft Manufacturers We Miss
North American was one of the great American aerospace manufacturers and built the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the B-1 Lancer, ...