The Spitfire took its maiden flight 90 years ago this month. Hidden East Yorkshire's Sally Fairfax recalls growing up next door to a pilot who flew the plane in combat during the Battle of Britain and ...

Britain’s Royal Air Force will ground a fleet of World War II-era aircraft following a deadly crash of one of its Spitfire fighters, the warplane famous for resisting the German Luftwaffe in the 1940 ...

(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” ...

An RAF colleague of the Spitfire pilot who died in a tragic crash last weekend has paid tribute to his "dear friend" and thanked the public for "overwhelming support, well-wishes and tributes".

Peter Hughes, a former commercial pilot for British Airways, died at the age of 71 when the replica Spitfire he helped build crashed and caught alight during take-off.

Audiences have hailed a BBC drama focusing on the traumatic journey of a Spitfire pilot as an overlooked treasure that deserves to be shown in "high school history class." Helmed by Matthew Whitman, ...

Ninety years after its inaugural flight, the legendary Supermarine Spitfire may be poised for a return to production, driven ...

A Spitfire (front) and a Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight The Spitfire took its maiden flight 90 years ago this month. Hidden East Yorkshire's Sally Fairfax recalls growing up next ...