A Spitfire pilot shot down during World War Two is having a replica of his plane installed in his honour. Sergeant Allan Leaver-Ridings, from Middleton, was flying Spitfire W3644 when he was killed ...

A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship is visiting Uncle ...

The fuselage of a Spitfire shot down during World War Two has gone on display at a museum to mark the efforts of Kent pilots who served as "spies in the sky". The Spitfire AA810 was part of the RAF ...

A team of archaeologists have begun unearthing a rare Mark II Spitfire which crashed in a farmer's field in 1942. TV presenter Dan Snow and the pilot's family joined experts as they started to ...

The iconic status of the Second World War Spitfire fighter was powered by successive improvements by Rolls-Royce to its Merlin engine There are few aircraft that are as iconic as the Spitfire. Often ...

Charles Debono looks back at the crash of Pilot Officer Walter ‘Pips’ Cripps on April 26, 1942. On April 26, 1942, Air Officer Commanding Malta, Air Vice Marshal Hugh Lloyd was advised that an ...

The remains of a Spitfire fighter aircraft that crashed into a field in Co Monaghan during the second World War will go on public display for the first time today. The pilot, British Flt Lieut Gordon ...

Part of a Spitfire which was shot down over Norway during World War Two has gone on display after being restored. Spitfire AA810 was downed while on a mission to photograph the German battleship ...

A Spitfire that flew in WWII made its way home after 79 years. In 1942 a Mark V Spitfire was flown by two squadrons of Polish servicemen who flew out of RAF Woodvale near Formby. After Poland was ...

A Spitfire pilot who made his first parachute jump aged 92 has died. Southport resident Peter Proctor flew the legendary fighter plane after joining the RAF in 1942 and thankfully never had to use his ...

The poignant story of a British woman who lost two fiances to Spitfire crashes during World War II is revealed in a new book. The late Joan Welch, who died in 2020 at the age of 100, was engaged to ...