Her resolve at such a young age was remarkable, even by modern standards, and in her lifetime she overcame discrimination and ...

Although RAF Fighter Command was outnumbered in July 1940, Britain ramped up factory production and by October Fighter Command had more fighter planes than ... in action. WW2: Did the war change ...

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

Also known as the Stuka, the plane consistently proved its worth as the most effective dive bomber in the German fleet and participated in events like the Battle of Britain. The P-51D Mustang is ...

The RAF lost 1,023 planes. The tide of the war started ... following Germany's surrender in WW2. But how did Britain plan for one of the greatest days in its history?

Many pilots began to personify their planes. Others built a reputation for ... squadrons began joining the fight after the Battle of Britain. The Flying Tigers were a unit of fighter pilots ...

DESPOT Vladimir Putin has launched a scathing attack on Britain with Russia now blaming the UK for "instigating" World War Two. Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR) shockingly excused Adolf ...

To ensure the ground effort got to Berlin, the air war had to be won by the Allies, which meant producing tens of thousands of planes to counter ... in the Battle of Britain.

The statue of Margaret is one of 10 8ft-tall (2.4m) silhouettes of women who had served during WW2 which have gone on display. Typhoon and Atlas aircraft, crewed only by women, took part in a ...

"She flew 1,438 planes during the war," said Ms Adkins ... But when she made history by becoming Britain's first woman airline captain, she was not allowed to speak on the plane's tannoy in ...