Marking 85 years since the Battle of Britain, this article explores the aerial commemorations, historic RAF sites, and the enduring legacy of the pilots and crews who defended Britain in its darkest ...

More Hurricanes flew in the Battle of Britain than any other British fighter, with 1,715 taking part and claiming 80% of destroyed enemy aircraft between July and October 1940. Bristol Blenheim ...

As the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) emerges from its winter maintenance period, its iconic aircraft are steadily preparing for the 2025 airshow season. Spitfires, Hurricanes, the ...

The skies over Rainworth and the surrounding areas will thunder to the classic sound of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight ...

Red Arrows are Hawk T1 fast-jets, which can reach a maximum speed of 660mph, while they can exceed the speed of sound in a ...

Buchon C.4K-154 displaying at Duxford, UK in 2014. This aircraft was bought by the Battle of Britain production and assigned the UK registration G-AWHK.

On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain began as the German Luftwaffe launched attacks on southern England. (The Royal Air Force was ultimately victorious.) In 1509, theologian ...

London has had four catastrophes in nine centuries. The first was a fire in 1087, which took St. Paul's and most of the primitive city around it. The second and third came in two successive years ...

L ast month, when Germany unleashed her real air attack on Britain, she led with her chin in reckless massed raids of as many as 1,800 planes per day. Last week she showed that she had learned ...

John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105. ... During dogfights with German aircraft in August of 1940, ...