Often overshadowed by the Spitfire, the Hawker Hurricane was the true backbone of Britain’s air defense in WWII. Rugged, reliable, and deadly, this fighter played a crucial role in the Battle of ...

The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old.

The Sea Fury is one of the only two prop-driven fighters to manage to shoot down a MiG-15. August 2025 will mark the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II, and accordingly, a number of ...

Paddy had hoped to live to 106 to see the Hawker Hurricane fighter Number P3966 fly again when the restoration is due to finish next year. John Allman Hemingway was born on July 17, 1919 ...

In terse notations, the logbook kept by Royal Air Force fighter pilot John “Paddy ... he scrambled repeatedly in his single-seat Hawker Hurricane as the Luftwaffe began striking RAF airfields ...

Originally 1435 Flight was formed in 1941 as the Malta Night Fighter Unit (MNFU), operating Hawker Hurricane Mk.II fighters. That is why Typhoons today still retain their Maltese heritage ...

In the early years of Second World War, fighter planes were in short supply ... railway boxcars but now the Allies) needed Hawker Hurricane airplanes and quickly. The daunting task fell to ...

Photo: Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, the renowned fighter ace, and fellow pilots study a caricature of Hitler painted on a Hawker Hurricane in October 1940. (IWM CH 1412) Mo Mowlam analyses the ...

Thank you, John 'Paddy' Hemingway," he wrote in a post on his X account. Piloting a Hawker Hurricane in Fighter Command's famous "11 Group," Hemmingway served in one of a handful of frontline ...