As WW2 began, British Expeditionary Force deployed across the Channel. RAF sent four squadrons of their Hawker Hurricane fighters. Initially, they intercepted some German bombers on recon missions ...

March 18 (UPI) --The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World ...

Paul Farnes, a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and the last surviving RAF ace of the Battle of Britain, in which he shot down six German aircraft and damaged a half-dozen more, died on Jan. 28 in West ...

AeroTime looks back at the World War II Allied ace pilots from the US, UK, France and Soviet Union who became legends of the air.

A fascinating Royal Air Force log book revealing the secrets of World War II's forgotten heroes as well as a "rogues gallery" of blacklisted personnel has been unearthed. The Operational Diary of ...

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 ...

RAF Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemmingway, the last known surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain, died peacefully Monday at home in his native Dublin, Ireland. He was awarded the ...