In designing a heavily-armed yet aerodynamic aircraft, one of Supermarine's most important considerations was that of material and form factor. The approach was to limit sharp angles and to ...

Flying Officer Robert Stanford Tuck flying aircraft registration FZ-L number K9906 leads two flights of No.65 'East India 'Squadron Royal Air Force Fighter Command Supermarine Spitfire Mk1's in ...

Looking at photos of plane used in World War II, you may have noticed a lot of cables and wires around them. Here's what those cables were for.

Certainly, after WWII, RAF didn't need that many aircraft anymore. Thus, 136 Spitfire MK IXs were sold to South African Air Force in 1948, and TD134, the bird you see here, was among them.

Last month, a World War II-era Douglas C-54 crashed in Alaska, killing two. In November 2022, a B-17 bomber and a P-63 Kingcobra fighter plane collided at the Wings Over Dallas air show, leaving ...

LONDON — A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near a British air force base in eastern England on Saturday, killing the pilot, the U.K. defense ministry said.The minist… ...

Many Spitfire aircraft taking part in the Battle of Britain were lost at sea and the piece that washed up some 75 years after the end of WWII may well belong to one of them. However, it’s worth ...

The fire service said two fire engines attended the scene at 19:25 BST and made the aircraft safe. Spitfire MJ627 first entered service on 25 September 1944 and, just two days later, destroyed a ...