The Supermarine Spitfire endures today as one of the legendary fighter planes of World War II & is the most famous British ...

The Spitfire: Britain's Flying Past, a BBC Two documentary which airs tonight at 9.00pm, celebrates 75 years of Britain's best-known fighter plane. Here are some facts from the programme.

He didn’t want medals. He didn’t want praise. George Beurling wanted to fly—and shoot. In his Spitfire over Malta, he hunted Messerschmitts with terrifying accuracy. This is the story of the war’s ...

The Spitfire's maiden flight was on March 5th 1936. It first entered RAF service in 1938. It finished RAF service in 1955. During its RAF service, 20,351 Spitfires were built.

102-year-old Jack Hemmings flies a Spitfire plane to mark the 80th anniversary of the military charity Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) after taking off at the iconic Heritage Hanger at London ...

A Spitfire which crashed near Hailsham, East Sussex, was buried for 30 years - now its Rolls-Royce engine is back on display to the public When RAF pilot Ted Hall had to bail out of his Spitfire ...

A two-seat Spitfire tipped onto its nose in a crash-landing after its “distracted” pilot turned on an empty fuel tank by mistake, accident investigators said.