The Luftwaffe, weather-bound through most of last week, got over England’s east coast long enough one night to drop paper weapons. The Germans thought that the downcurve in British morale (TIME, June ...

The film is based on the real life experience of the youngest pilot at the Battle of Britain, Geoffrey Wellum, and has been ...

Viewers have lauded a BBC drama that follows the harrowing journey of a Spitfire pilot, describing it as a hidden gem worthy ...

Humanity achieved flight a mere decade before the outset of World War I in 1914, and pioneers did not take long to press the revolutionary new science into service. The first fighter pilots fought in ...

Last week the Battle of Britain was three months old. Prime Minister Churchill dug up an old gag to keep British hearts high: “It’s a great life if you don’t weaken.” Out of the continued bombings ...

LONDON, UK — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill amid fears that ...

March 18 (UPI) --The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old. Announcing the death of John "Paddy" ...