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Military collectibles from World War II have surpassed their status as mere artifacts and become tangible snippets of history ...
The British Royal Air Force ... and published it anew as “Spitfire: An American WWII Fighter Pilot in the RAF.” (Little Star Communications) All profits go to the Supermarine Spitfire ...
To aid the Allied war effort, women flew a full range of bombers and fighters in World War II. Here ... Jackie Cochran; and the British pilots Pamela Duncan, Doreen Williams, Zita Irwin and ...
Fast-forward to November 19, 1944, and he made his first solo flight in a Spitfire ... And in World War II, he showed his bravery as a pilot in the Royal Navy.” R.I.P. and God bless, Ronald ...
In aircraft powered by the legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, including the Supermarine Spitfire, pilots could obtain ... new Black Badge Spectre and its WW2 fighter-plane-inspired features ...
Spitfire is a feature documentary exploring the impact of the Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane aircraft through the accounts of ...
Vegetables can scupper a Spitfire because of aerodynamics. WWII aircraft were held together by rivets ... and the first man killed by a Spitfire during the war was British Pilot Officer Montague ...
A former Spitfire pilot who recently turned 100 has become ... the Middle East and India during World War II. After the war, as a reservist with the 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, he piloted ...
Other royals who have actively served since including Princess Salma of Jordan, who became her country's first female pilot ... in Mayand wore her military uniform. In 2021, the royal toured ...
TWO British Spitfire fighter planes have been given new life as sculptures to honour Czech RAF pilots during WW2. The two planes are on display on the exterior walls of Prague’s Máj Národní ...
UKRAINE are using WW2-style planes ... drone while a co-pilot in the backseat fired a volley of shots from a machine gun at the invading UAV. Within minutes, Ukraine's Spitfire-style plane ...
The pilot who was tragically killed in a Spitfire crash during a Battle ... over 20,300 Spitfires were built to secure British success during WW2. It proved to be a watershed moment for the ...