Memorials will be unveiled at Oakington and Bourn Airfields on 28 and 29 March to remember their contributions to World War ...

"We were then by a bridge, held by the Royal Ulster Rifles, which was attacked by German tanks until the British 2nd Army ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The map below gives an idea of the number of soldiers who signed up to fight for Britain from several British Empire countries. Most of these troops were in the army, but some fought in the RAF ...

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 ...