"It's not just a bit of metal — it's a bit of metal that this is the story behind it," Andrews said. "The Spitfire was operating from France when it got shot down. It was the 30th of July, 1944." ...

The Spitfire’s Surprising Role in World War II: More Than Just a Fighter Apart perhaps from the B-17 “Flying Fortress,” no other World War II aircraft is as famous as the Supermarine Spitfire.

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 ...

The Supermarine Spitfire was the brainchild of masterful designer RJ Mitchell, who worked on perfecting the plane even while being treated for the cancer that would kill him in May 1937.

A Spitfire was forced to make an emergency crash-landing in a field just days before VE Day. The historic aircraft - which had two people onboard - veered out of the sky before crashing down among ...

A group of volunteers restoring a Spitfire pulled from a peat bog in Norway have appealed for help as they rebuild it to fly again. Spitfire AA810 was shot down in March 1942 during a mission to ...

His plane, Spitfire AA810, is being restored after the crash site was located on a mountainside near the village of Surnadal, south west of Trondheim, three years ago.