The roar of the Spitfire’s Merlin engine echoed above the beaches of Dunkirk as Gordon Olive and his fellow pilots fought to protect the trapped soldiers below. Lost in the smoke and chaos, he faced ...

World War II, over its six-year span, saw the death of approximately 85 million people. In the name of victory, for defense and offense, nations developed creative new ways to fight, from the sea, on ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: For Britain’s sake, it’s probably a good thing that the assessors never gave the P.24 a fighting chance. Early in the war, the Polish plane flew in combat with the ...

The Supermarine Spitfire fighter was arguably the most important British warplane of World War II. Flying alongside older and slower Hawker Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain during the summer and ...

SKY HIGH: This restored Mk IX Spitfire, pictured during a test flight last month, will make its public flying debut at the Classic Fighters Airshow at Omaka at Easter. The aircraft was restored by ...

A look at the life and work of aircraft engineer R.J. Mitchell, designer of the British Spitfire fighter, so crucial to British air success during World War II.

Guns blazing, the Messerschmitt Bf-109 screams through the clouds toward you. Instinctively, you barrel-roll out of the way, hot lead missing your Spitfire by millimeters. You bank right, flank him ...