However, whilst so many of its fellow carnivorous fish had submarines named in their honor—including the USS Wahoo (whose own ...

in response to the RAF’s urgent need for a superior fighter. Many experts consider it the best World War II fighter plane. -Conceived in just five years, the Mustang’s prototype, the NA-73X ...

The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.

The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...

This article investigates Britain's first jet fighter. Also, a member of an RAF unit that worked on the Meteor tells about a ...

The Fairey Battle, a British-built single-engine light bomber aircraft, was conceived by the Fairey Aircraft Company and ...

A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...

A Rolls-Royce Merlin engine from a World War Two RAF Mosquito is being restored for ... which excelled as a spyplane. One particular plane - Havilland Mosquito LR412 - flew 51 flights with 19 ...

Managers at a country estate are preparing to host a special commemorative service to honour pilots who flew on a major World War Two mission. The ceremony at Markshall Estate near Braintree in Essex ...

John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105 ...

The groundbreaking original design meant the plane could be upgraded with new engines and armaments. The Spitfire played its part in many of the crucial battles of World War Two, giving the RAF a ...

The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. Mr Hemingway, who was ...