In WW2, the British made destroying German dams a key strategic target in order to kneecap the German industrial effort. To accomplish this, they needed a special plane to deliver the payload: the ...

Most people don't get an RAF flypast to celebrate their birthday, but then most people are not former RAF men turning 100. Fred Jennings, a veteran of World War Two, will reach that significant ...

Bicester Motion (previously Bicester Heritage), a 444-acre former WW2 RAF Bomber Training Station, is used today by classic automotive restoration businesses.

The RAF Mosquito's engine was recovered from a Welsh mountainside in the early 1980s.

Slightly north of Coalville in the Leicestershire district of Charley are the remains of a secret RAF base which foiled Nazi bombing raids during WW2.

Hundreds of people attended the funeral of a World War Two RAF airman at a historic Westminster church, after a campaign for a "fitting send-off". Flt Sgt Peter Brown, originally from Jamaica, was ...

Long lost WW2 bomber flown by hero Brit on daring raid before being shot down by Nazis found on seabed after 80 yrs Brave men from three allied countries were onboard the plane for its final voyage ...

A number of ceremonies have taken place commemorating the sacrifices of Royal Air Force (RAF) airmen who died during the Second World War.

The funeral of one the last black RAF Second World War pilots who died alone will be moved to a larger venue after a successful plea for mourners. Organisers were inundated with requests to attend ...

A Second World War RAF hero who survived a mid-air collision and 30 bombing missions over Hitler's Nazi Germany has died aged 100. Pilot Officer Russell 'Rusty' Waughman was previously praised by ...

A heartbreaking appeal has been launched to find mourners to attend the funeral of Peter Brown - one of the 'last black' WW2 heroes who died alone in his flat ...

Flt Sgt Peter Brown, originally from Jamaica, was one the last so-called "pilots of the Caribbean", a group of Afro-Caribbean volunteer RAF personnel.