Top 10: World War 2 British planes that deserve much greater fame ...

An amateur metal detectorist who discovered parts of a World War Two Spitfire is searching for the family of the pilot killed ...

A look at the iconic combat aircraft, 90 years on from its first flight, and why it was the people's plane.

A replica British Spitfire fighter is on display in London ahead of the 75th anniversary of the June 6, 1944, D-Day landings. The British used the Spitfire throughout the war, and the replica is one ...

Even nowadays, it is impossible for anyone who knows a bit of military aviation history to not recognize the famous Supermarine Spitfire from WWII, the aircraft that fought in the Battle of Britain, ...

(AP) A search team led by a British aviation enthusiast arrived in Myanmar on Sunday to begin a dig they hope will unearth dozens of rare British Spitfire fighter planes said to have been buried in ...

Piloted by Steve Boultbee-Brooks and Matt Jones—co-owners of the Boultbee Flight Academy, a Chichester, U.K.-based training school dedicated to Spitfires—the legendary British plane was discovered in ...

LONDON — A former Royal Air Forces pilot has taken to the skies in a Spitfire at 102 years old. Jack Hemmings, an ex-squadron leader with Britain’s air force, is believed to be the oldest pilot to fly ...

The Spitfire. A pinnacle of innovative British engineering and an icon of the skies that fiercely defended the UK from the might of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain and went on to assist in ...

(CNN) — A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War II era Spitfire he was flying crashed into a field in England. The RAF announced Saturday the pilot had died in a “tragic accident” ...