(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 St. Charles boy who learned to fly in Winona was the first American pilot to see combat action in World War II. Flight Lieutenant Art Donahue, who died in 1942 flying a Spitfire for the United ...

Written by Paola Bertoni, travel blogger at www.paolaeverywhere.com During the Second World War, the island of Malta occupied a crucial position in the Mediterranean theatre. British forces stationed ...

Wing Commander Clive Beadon was dive-bombing the Burma-Siam railway in an RAF Liberator, similar to the plane pictured, when his aircraft was hit - The Print Collector via Getty Images)/Hulton Archive ...

The inspiration for this article came from an April 21, 2025, piece by guest author Kevin Wilkins for Vintage Aviation News titled “The American Airfields Where British Pilots Learned to Fly.” To wit: ...

Dubliner, John "Paddy" Hemingway, an RAF pilot and member of "The Few", is remembered as a hero. Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway was born in Dublin in 1919. He enlisted in the British Royal ...

World War II was marked by intense, lengthy, bombing campaigns such as the Blitz, the German offensive against the city of London. Famously, one British response was the blackout, a defensive campaign ...

New Delhi: The British Royal Air Force (RAF) will use Indian flight instructors to train its pilots. This decision was taken in light of the Royal Air Force’s shortage of flight instructors. It is ...