Tractor Fest will return to Newby Hall in Ripon this year in conjunction with VE Day celebrations - here’s when the iconic RAF Second World War plane Douglas C-47 Dakota plane will fly over. Did you ...

(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” ...

A World War II Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot’s uniform is set to be sold at auction after it was discovered wrapped in newspaper dating back to 1951. The “mystery” parcel containing the jacket and pants ...

I currently work for the National Trust at a property called Stowe Landscape Gardens which is near Buckingham. We recently held a 1940s weekend and as part of the research for the event I interviewed ...

In WW2, the British made destroying German dams a key strategic target in order to kneecap the German industrial effort. To accomplish this, they needed a special plane to deliver the payload: the ...

The family of a man who died in a crucial World War Two battle in Burma 80 years ago say he is long overdue a medal for his leadership. Wing Commander Cuthbert "Cubby" Lander from Northumberland led ...

The following is excerpted from Tim Harford’s new book Adapt: Why Success Always Starts With Failure. In 1931, the British Air Ministry sent out a demanding new specification for a fighter aircraft.

Our tribute to a pilot's battle against the elements over the English Channel in 1940. An RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk1 pilot ...

09:01, Thu, May 1, 2025 Updated: 09:03, Thu, May 1, 2025 Dennis Bishop cannot understand why so many people want to speak to him. The 99-year-old former World War Two Ground Radio Operator has lived a ...

“I flew 36 missions and every time I went up my overriding thought is will I come back, but we had a job to do to defeat the Nazis and it had to be done”. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...