Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...

The pilots of the RAF, who became ... And did it last? WW2: How close did D-Day come to failure? documentWW2: How close did D-Day come to failure? Over 150,000 British, US and Canadian soldiers ...

Dubliner, Second World War RAF hero, and one of the most revered figures in British aviation history, Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway, passes away peacefully.

John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105.

A Rolls-Royce Merlin engine from a World War Two RAF Mosquito is being restored for a new memorial - after being recovered from the hill where it crashed. Built of lightweight wood and powered by ...

Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF), on the other hand ... the late 1930s (which would prove fortuitous at the time with World ...

The Spitfire played its part in many of the crucial battles of World War Two, giving the RAF ... in WW2. Find out if you would have what it takes to be part of the crew. WW2: How did the British ...

The amount spent on British Army adverts is set to nearly double as ... spend and are subject to change”. Adverts for the RAF are also seeing a boost, with an extra £2.3 million set to ...

which was attacked by German tanks until the British 2nd Army came up [having crossed the Rhine]." Eventually he was returned to the UK, but was grateful not to go back to his home station of RAF ...

Hemingway enlisted in the RAF in 1938. He first saw action during the Nazi invasion of France, when he flew fighter cover for retreating British forces. Following the Battle of Britain he worked ...