For every Spitfire and Hurricane, dozens of British fighter aircraft remain hidden in the shadows, neglected by popular history. Some of these were brilliant, some were terrible, and some were just ...

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As brutal as it may have been, the Second World War has a strange hold on many of us who didn’t actually get to experience it firsthand, but share a passion for mechanical things. That’s because the ...

Reginald Joseph (RJ) Mitchell continued to refine the Spitfire's design until his death from cancer in 1937 "Don't change a thing" - this is what Captain Joseph "Mutt" Summers declared after taking ...

Britain’s survival in World War 2 depended on air power. At the cutting edge were high-performance fighter planes, dishing out destruction to Axis intruders and supporting Allied operations worldwide.