RAF chiefs have paid tribute to the last of The Few — by painting his name on a fighter plane that starred in movies. Group ...

Slicing down the middle is the Spitfire, the airplane that won the Battle of Britain. Well, not exactly. Such a statement leaves out the Hawker Hurricane, the other frontline fighter the Royal Air ...

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 ...

John “Paddy” Hemingway, an Irishman who served in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the 1940 Battle of Britain, died ...

His name has been added to the body of Hurricane LF363 which is based at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) at RAF ...

At the height of the Battle of Britain, Hemingway ... 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.

March 18 (UPI) --The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in ... Piloting a Hawker Hurricane in Fighter Command's famous "11 Group," Hemmingway served ...

The RAF base at Biggin Hill, south-east of London, played a central part in the Battle of Britain ... A Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane stand guard outside. (IWM RAF-T 6209) The ...

Hemingway was one of the 3,500 or so Battle of Britain pilots Churchill ... This squadron was one of the first to be equipped with the Hawker Hurricane, a monoplane fighter interceptor which ...

Mr. Hemingway, who was known as Paddy, piloted Hurricane fighters in the battle, which took place in the skies above Britain between July 10 and Oct. 31, 1940. Hitler had planned a September 1940 ...

John 'Paddy' Hemingway, who died in March at the age of 105, has been honoured with a Hurricane named after him The last Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, who died at the age of 105 ...