WW2 fighters cleared to fly after pilot death
World War Two fighter aircraft grounded after a fatal crash are to fly again, the RAF has said. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) stopped using its Merlin-engined Hurricanes and Spitfires ...
Last Battle of Britain pilot Paddy Hemingway's amazing escapes before death aged 105
Battle of Britain pilot Paddy Hemingway, who served from the first day of the Second World War to the very last and was shot down four times, said he was just a 'lucky Irishman' ...
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Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Resumes Operation After Grounding
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) at RAF Coningsby, Lincs, resumed operation of its single-engine Merlin-powered ...
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Last Surviving Battle of Britain Pilot Dies
John “Paddy” Hemingway, an Irishman who served in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the 1940 Battle of Britain, died ...
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Battle of Britain Memorial Flight to soar over Marbury Merry Days
The iconic Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will pass over the 44th annual Marbury Merry Days country fair, organisers have ...
Spitfire passenger flights to be available from aerodrome near Cheshire
People will soon be able to fly in a Spitfire from Hawarden Aerodrome this year. The chance to soar above Wales, the Lake ...
Sole surviving Battle of Britain hero John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway who was shot down four times dies aged 105
THE last of The Few has died, age 105. Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway had been the sole surviving pilot from the Battle ...
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Trowbridge roundabout plans for huge monument to military heritage
Plans have been filed to construct a huge sculpture as a monument to Trowbridge’s military history on a town roundabout.
New experience lets you fly a real Spitfire - but it’s not cheap
Brits can experience flying in an iconic RAF Supermarine Spitfire as part of a luxury getaway package — but the ...
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Tributes pour for Battle of Britain’s “Last of the Few”, who died at age 105 in Dublin
The Prince and Princess of Wales, and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are among the many people who have taken to social ...
Ireland may have been neutral, but this Dublin born flier helped beat the Nazis
World War II hero, RAF flyer. Born Dublin, July 17, 1919; died Dublin, March 17, aged 105. The Few are no more. The last of ...
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Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105
March 18 (UPI) --The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during ... out behind German lines after his Spitfire fighter took multiple hits ...