(CNN) — A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War II era Spitfire he was flying crashed into a field in England. The RAF announced Saturday the pilot had died in a “tragic accident” ...

Built by the now defunct Bolton Paul Aircraft Ltd. (headquartered in Wolverhampton, England) and designed by “the quaint genius” John Dudley North, the Defiant made its maiden flight on August 11, ...

Our tribute to a pilot's battle against the elements over the English Channel in 1940. An RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk1 pilot is to be lost at sea as the weather closes in. Airmen lost in this way was ...

BBC Breakfast viewers were amazed as 105-year-old WW2 Mosquito pilot Colin Bell celebrated his birthday on the show,.

The iconic Short Sunderland flying boats of the RAF were a lifeline in WWII. This recreation shows their powerful takeoff ...

PUSHMATAHA CO, Okla. (KTEN) - Britain's royal air force making a stop in Pushmataha county to commemorate fallen members of the RAF who died in the Kiamichi mountains during World War II. The Choctaw ...

Built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (which eventually became one of the founding components of BAE Systems), the Blenheim made its maiden flight on April 12, 1935, under the designation of Type 142 ...

Dubliner, John "Paddy" Hemingway, an RAF pilot and member of "The Few", is remembered as a hero. Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway was born in Dublin in 1919. He enlisted in the British Royal ...

A St. Charles boy who learned to fly in Winona was the first American pilot to see combat action in World War II. Flight Lieutenant Art Donahue, who died in 1942 flying a Spitfire for the United ...