The skies over El Alamein erupted in January 1942. Squadron Leader Andrew 'Nicky' Barr, already an ace with eight confirmed victories, led his P-40 Kittyhawk into the fray. Known as 'Old Nick' - a ...

Neither the Luftwaffe, the German Armed Forces ... An F/A-18F from the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 alongside a German A400M Atlas during an air-to-air refueling test aimed at ...

And now another aerial warrior has just joined the ranks of his comrades in Fighter Pilot’s Heaven: Lt. Col. (USAF, ret.) Ed ...

He played a crucial role in defending Britain from Luftwaffe raids in 1940. Hemingway's squadron downed 90 enemy aircraft in May 1940. His bravery, along with fellow RAF pilots, secured the UK’s ...

A World War Two American fighter pilot has been surprised with a flight in a Mustang aeroplane 80 years to the day after he ...

In the 1940s, a No. 105 Squadron Mosquito wheels toward a target ... According to a 1973 history of the Luftwaffe, he later blustered, “The British, who can afford aluminum better than we ...

This bird is an enduring symbol of Soviet resistance—and perseverance—during the darkest days of what Russians refer to as ...

As the last surviving Battle of Britain fighter pilot 'Paddy' Hemingway dies at the age of 105, a glorious chapter closes in our island story ...

By the time Raymond K. “Duke” Deamer joined his bomber unit in February 1944 at RAF Knettishall, Suffolk, England, the ...

The summer of 1940 saw the outnumbered RAF stymie the Luftwaffe’s attempts to establish ... 1940), he served with RAF No. 253 and No. 85 Squadrons and damaged a Messerschmitt 109 on September ...

Wing Commander James 'Butch' McArthur claimed eight kills and three other 'probables' during heartstopping dogfights with the Luftwaffe in 1940.