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

Our tribute to a pilot's battle against the elements over the English Channel in 1940. An RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk1 pilot is to be lost at sea as the weather closes in. Airmen lost in this way was ...

BBC Breakfast viewers were amazed as 105-year-old WW2 Mosquito pilot Colin Bell celebrated his birthday on the show,.

A tribute flypast and new plaques are planned for the Supermarine Spitfire's anniversary.

(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. (CNN) — A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War ...

‘Spit’ pilots flew their first combat missions over Dunkirk during the Battle of France David Kindy - Correspondent Flight Lieutenant Robert Stanford Tuck of the Royal Air Force was closing in on his ...

Veteran Spitfire pilot Peter Proctor gasps with excitement as he leaps out of a plane for the first time ... at the age of 92. Plucky Peter flew the legendary fighter plane after joining the RAF in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tolkowsky, right, shaking hands with a British officer - Government Press Office Major General Dan Tolkowsky, who has died aged ...

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” near ...