(CNN) — A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War II era Spitfire he was flying crashed into a field in England. (CNN) — A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War ...
Most people would consider losing both legs a career-ending catastrophe, especially if that career involved flying fighter ...
Wing Commander Clive Beadon was dive-bombing the Burma-Siam railway in an RAF Liberator, similar to the plane pictured, when his aircraft was hit - The Print Collector via Getty Images)/Hulton Archive ...
The inspiration for this article came from an April 21, 2025, piece by guest author Kevin Wilkins for Vintage Aviation News titled “The American Airfields Where British Pilots Learned to Fly.” To wit: ...
The summer flying season for Britain's world class pilots is well underway and tensions are running high. At the UK's largest air show in Gloucestershire, the Red Arrows are battling with the weather.
As luck would have it, I stumbled upon a U.K. National Archives podcast dated June 11, 2014, titled “The untold story of the RAF’s black Second World War fliers over Europe,” whereupon I learned that ...
(CNN) — A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War II era Spitfire he was flying crashed into a field in England. The RAF announced Saturday the pilot had died in a “tragic accident” ...