During World War Two, Spitfires were mass-produced in a matter of weeks. Today it can take years of research and hard work to restore one of these iconic fighter aircraft to the skies. When Spitfire ...
A look at the iconic combat aircraft, 90 years on from its first flight, and why it was the people's plane.
In autumn 1940, as the Battle of Britain raged, Luftwaffe commander-in-chief Hermann Göring gazed across the Channel towards Dover’s white cliffs and asked German fighter ace Adolf Galland what he’d ...
In one of two books he wrote, Spitfire: A Test Pilot’s Story – which is still in print – he describes the Mk XIV as a splendid aircraft, and dedicates a whole chapter to it. One of the facts he ...
A long-lost World War Two plane flown by a pilot who took part in the 'Great Escape' has been found embedded in a remote Norwegian mountainside bog. The Spitfire AA810 was shot down while on a mission ...
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