Discover the final operational flight of the RAF Supermarine Spitfire on April 1, 1954, marking the end of an era for one of ...

Squadron Leader Mark Long was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency crews were called to a field near RAF Coningsby - Crown Copyright A Royal Air Force pilot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

An Oxfordshire metal detectorist is on the search for the family of a WW2 pilot after finding 1,500 pieces of his downed Spitfire in woodlands.

The Royal Air Force pilot who died in a Spitfire crash near RAF Coningsby has been named as Mark Long. Police and emergency services rushed to the scene on Langrick Road in Lincolnshire just before ...

A Spitfire 90th anniversary flight will pass over North East Skies next month, as it travels from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and fly north to Leuchars in Scotland.

The search is on for the mysterious World War II sweetheart of a Royal Air Force Spitfire pilot who was killed in the famous Great Escape. Flt. Lt. Alastair ‘Sandy’ Gunn was shot down over Norway on ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: It almost got passed over for a Polish variant that would likely not have been as successful. The Supermarine Spitfire fighter was arguably the most important British ...

It might come as a shock how many World War II fighter planes seem to get pulled out of the woods. Every few years or so, a group of hikers, contractors, or prospectors happens upon old warbirds of ...

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 ...

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” near ...