Josef František joined the Czechoslovak Air Force. By 1940, he was flying for the RAF and topping the ace charts during the ...

A critical advantage to the Mosquito’s wooden construction was its relatively light weight—giving it a fantastic top speed of ...

In 1940, Hemingway downed a German Luftwaffe plane but his Hurricane ... which became known as the Battle of Britain. During intense dogfights in August 1940, Hemingway was forced to bail out ...

But the Allies, far better than the tiring Luftwaffe, could replace their losses, press on with the attack. Punches were tossed at targets in German Europe ... bombers from Britain had attacked ...

The Changing the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace has honoured the last Battle of Britain ... as destroying a German airliner and the following day he downed a German Luftwaffe plane, but ...

Group Captain John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, who has died at 105, was the last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain.

Drawing on new research, this aims to offer “revelatory” insights into the men who flew Hitler’s air war against Britain in the summer of 1940, showing them as a multi-dimensional ...

Paddy Hemmingway, originally from Dublin, was among the men known as "The Few", coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Battle of Britain pilots ...

John 'Paddy' Hemingway joined the RAF at the age of 19 and became one of the airmen Winston Churchill described as 'The Few' ...

The Battle of Britain Memorial on the English Channel coast lists the names 2,941 Allied airmen who took part in the battle. During dogfights with German aircraft in August of 1940, Hemingway was ...

Tributes have been pouring in as the last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain, Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway, has died aged 105. Hemingway was born in Dublin in 1919 and was ...