After the initial air raids of the Corpo Aereo Italiano (Italian Air Corps) against Britain in which no RAF fighters were met, things changed on 11 November 1940. Two Hurricane and one Spitfire ...

John “Paddy” Hemingway, who died on St Patrick’s Day aged 105, was the last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain. Born in ...

The Hawker Hurricane was not as attractive or streamlined as the Spitfire, and it failed to capture the public’s respect in ...