EXCLUSIVE: In the week we honour Battle of Britain Day, the peak of our 1940 air defence of the UK, we stepped into the boots of our flying heroes.

In 1940, as the Luftwaffe rained destruction on Britain, more than 30 Australian fighter pilots - some flying for the RAF - joined “The Few” to help defend the skies. Men like Flight Lieutenant Pat ...

The World War II veteran survived 25 perilous B-17 missions over Nazi Germany and later became a voice for remembering the ...

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

When the hastily built Lavochkin La-5 fighter first soared into the aerial arena in July 1943, German pilots waved it off as inconsequential. They even condescendingly nicknamed it 'Neue Rata,' as if ...

"Lucky" was just a wide-eyed 21-year-old lieutenant when he manned the B-17 controls and took to the sky for his first ...

Blue plaques to honour two brothers who fought in the Battle of Britain have been unveiled at their former home in Barnsley.

Dorset's role in the Battle of Britain is being remembered today on the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain ...

Battle of Britain, a crucial moment in World War II when the Royal Air Force bravely defended the United Kingdom against ...

The famed aerial clash between Royal Air Force pilots and the German Luftwaffe was fought over several months and credited ...

Romania's Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador for the second time in only a couple of days, after a Russian ...

These fighter jets make up for what they may lack in size with spell-binding mobility. These are the 13 most agile in the ...