The Duke of Cambridge Visits Omaka Aviation Center and is Treated to a Story
The Duke of Cambridge was in for a grand treat when Sir Peter Jackson, aviation enthusiast and film director, escorted him on a private tour…
Thinktank Will Display the Spitfire in a New Exhibit in April 2015
A new exhibition which will display the iconic Spitfire at the Birmingham’s Thinktank Museum has been granted an award of £155,000 grants. Visitors to the…
Firing WWII Spitfire guns after they have been buried for 70 years in a bog!
Six Browning machine guns have been discovered in 2011 buried near the Irish site of a 1941 Spitfire crash. Having been covered in peat…
WWII Spitfire Transported to RAF Museum in London
The staff of a RAF Museum spent four days removing the propeller and wings before the one of the Spitfire plans that survived WWII was…
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE RESTORATION MANUAL – Review by Mark Barnes
Trying to write any general piece about the Spitfire without using terms like “iconic” is not easy. So there, I’ve done it and now we…
A surviving Spitfire is broken down to be transported to RAF Museum
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) A surviving Spitfire broken down into smaller pieces to transport it from MOSI to RAF Museum, Hendon on…
Ronald Fowler – The WWII pilot who earned the nickname Fearless by flying under bridges
September 27, 2002, the Herald Scotland, wrote a story about a Fearless pilot from World War Two. At the age of 17, Ron Fowler was…
RAAF Pilot Promoted To Flight Lieutenant after 70 years!
After he was shot down over Germany, Ken Wright had to spend three years in a prison camp, reason for which he never got the…
Memoir & analysis of 1977 war film ‘A Bridge Too Far’ by Al Murray
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) ‘Watching War Films with My Dad’, a memoir by British TV personality Al Murray (2) Hurricanes & Messerschmitts…
World War II Pilot Pays Tribute to Fallen Comrades in Battle of Britain Anniversary
Joy Lofthouse was among the many World War II Veterans who commemorated the Battle of Britain and remembered friends and comrades lost during the battle.…