Battle of Britain, a crucial moment in World War II when the Royal Air Force bravely defended the United Kingdom against vigorous enemy airstrikes. Image courtesy of Air ...

An "exceptional" Battle of Britain fighter pilot has been honoured with a blue plaque in the town of his birth. The name of ...

As the UK commemorates the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain attention understandably turns to the legendary Spitfire ...

The stirring words of Spitfire designer Reginald Mitchell have entered legend. "I'm going to build a plane that will move ...

On the night of December 29th 1940, my grandmother, Dorothy, reported for duty as a wartime volunteer fire-watcher in the ...

THIS neat three-bedroom 1930s home on an estate in Southampton does not look anything out of the ordinary. But it is the ...

They refuelled and rearmed aircraft while dodging enemy bombs... then rescued comrades from blazing downed planes. As a new book lists the 380-plus RAF ground personnel casualties, along with their ...

RAF Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemmingway, the last known surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain, died peacefully Monday at home in his native Dublin, Ireland. He was awarded the ...

Dorset's role in the Battle of Britain is being remembered today on the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain ...

Eighty-five years ago, a fierce aerial campaign changed the course of history.From July 10 to October 31, 1940, the skies ...

LONDON (AP) — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill amid fears that ...