Powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, the Spitfire first entered RAF service with No. 19 Squadron at Duxford on August 4, 1938. Its true test came during the Battle of Britain in 1940. While ...

The Royal Air Force pilot who died in a Spitfire crash near RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Saturday has been named as Squadron Leader Mark Long, Group Captain Robbie Lees said.

To mark the centenary of the formation of RAF 17 Squadron a unique line up of aircraft was assembled at Edwards Air Force Base. Seen here are a Sopwith Camel (replica), Supermarine Spitfire XIV and ...

Squadron Leader George (Ben) Bennions, who has died aged 90, was one of the most successful Spitfire pilots during the Battle of Britain, before he was severely wounded in combat and forced to ...

A model of a WWII Spitfire has crashed in a forest in southern Poland, killing its pilot, 41. The plane came from a private museum dedicated to the 303 Squadron which fought in the Battle of Britain.

An Oxfordshire flying club is building a new squadron of 12 Spitfires for the new year.

Yesterday, veterans of the Spitfire days joined modern-day members of the squadron, which now flies Tucanos to train future fighter pilots at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, in North Yorkshire.

A former Spitfire pilot from Cornwall whose photograph of the plane he flew during the Second World War was stolen has been given a surprise replacement for Christmas. Dr Edmund James, 98, was ...

HEROES who fought in the Battle of Britain could be honoured by a flying club that wants to pay tribute to Oxfordshire Spitfire pilots.

A POLISH war hero is leading a public poll by the RAF Museum to identify the greatest ever Spitfire pilot.