Nautical associations spring easily to mind when contemplating the fluid lines of a Spitfire. Even its maker’s name?Supermarine?rings with a long filiation with the sea, befitting an island nation.

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British a decisive advantage fighting the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.

The most obvious way was through a Spitfire Fund. The cost of a plane to bear the name Darlington was £5,000 – about £240,000 today. Workers at various companies began giving up a few pennies ...

Investigations are underway into what caused a Spitfire to make an emergency landing in a Kent field. The plane went down near Hythe on the evening of Saturday 3 May after it lost power.

A Second World War Spitfire fighter plane has crashed in a field in Kent. The plane, owned by Fly A Spitfire, went down "in the vicinity of Hythe on 03/05/2025 (Saturday)", the company said in a ...

A historic World War II Spitfire dramatically crash-landed in a Kent field while “practising for a VE Day event”. The aircraft plunged into a farmer’s crops after it was seen circling “for ...

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 farmer's crop ...

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.

A horrified eyewitness has recalled the terrifying moment a Spitfire crashed into a farmer's field just hours before VE Day celebrations. A historic Spitfire was seen circling "for a couple of ...