The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force is pleased to announce the next installment of its monthly Author Talk series, featuring author Becky Aikman. On ...
Summary and Key Points: The Supermarine Spitfire, an iconic British fighter aircraft from World War II, was renowned for its agility and combat performance. Designed by R.J. Mitchell, it served ...
World War II, over its six-year span, saw the death of approximately 85 million people. In the name of victory, for defense and offense, nations developed creative new ways to fight, from the sea, on ...
Wednesday is the 80th anniversary of VE Day, marking Germany’s unconditional surrender and the end of WWII in Europe. A new book “Spitfires” tells the little-known contribution American women made to ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! While in conversation with author and journalist Mark Whitaker, author Becky Aikman talked about how the American women pilots who volunteered to ...
May 8 marks 80 years since people across Europe celebrated the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. While the fighting in the Pacific would continue for months, many saw it as the end of six long years ...
Bruce Mclean, Chief Engineer at the Sydney Manufacturing Hub who is leading the restoration of Sandy's Spitfire recovered by the AA810 Spitfire Project. He is pictured with the one of the aircraft's ...
LONDON — A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near a British air force base in eastern England on Saturday, killing the pilot, the U.K. defense ministry said. The ministry confirmed the ...
A rare World War II Photo Reconnaissance Spitfire, which had been shot down by German forces in 1942 and remained lost until its recovery from a Norwegian peat bog 76 years later, is undergoing ...