Spitfire: Second World War fighter plane crashes in Kent, but pilot and passenger 'uninjured' The aircraft went down two days before the VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations, but it is not clear ...

THIS is the shocking moment a Spitfire crash landed in a field while “practising for a VE Day event”. The 82-year-old World War II fighter aircraft made the emergency landing in a farme… ...

According to the local news site, the Spitfire was built in 1943 and entered service with 441 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force, serving with the RAF. Its first operational sortie was flown ...

Staycationers say a Spitfire plane misfired above a caravan park, lost altitude and narrowly missed trees moments before crash landing in a field. The historic aircraft, which had two people ...

A Spitfire pilot who crash landed in a field saved the life of his passenger who was on a birthday trip, says a witness. The pilot and a passenger managed to walk out of the aircraft unhurt.

Spitfire crashes in Kent field hours before VE Day celebrations and fly-past A historic Spitfire was seen circling "for a couple of minutes" in West Hythe, Kent, at 7pm on Saturday evening before ...

The engine in the Supermarine Spitfire was a Rolls-Royce Merlin that eventually went into America's P-51 Mustang, as well. It had a lot of power.

Bookings are available throughout the year. Leader of the city council, Cllr Jane Ashworth using the simulator with Jan Ostrowski – Jan’s father Adam was a Polish Spitfire pilot during the war.

Sadie Langton, the care home's activity co-ordinator, said John "absolutely loved it". "He walked the whole way round, and climbed in and out of the cockpit as if he was 21," she added.

A "massive fan" of the RAF saw his dream come true when he got the chance to sit in the cockpit of a Spitfire. John Negus, who will soon be celebrating his 90th birthday, enjoyed a trip to the RAF ...

A Spitfire's cockpit canopy detached mid-flight, causing an emergency return to Biggin Hill airport. The incident involved a Spitfire IXT, registered G-BMSB, which had taken off from London Biggin ...

The incident involved a Spitfire IXT, registered G-BMSB, which had taken off from London Biggin Hill Airport for a passenger experience flight on June 25. Shortly after takeoff, the front cockpit ...