For decades, toy replicas of British warplanes like the Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster have outsold those of their Nazi foes, but now kit sales of Second World War German aircraft have ...

Image credit: USAF. So the British discovered that the Spitfire was better at medium altitude in a turning fight, while the Germans that the Bf 109E was better at high altitude in a high speed combat.

The Supermarine Spitfire endures today as one of the legendary fighter planes of World War II & is the most famous British ...

This video follows an RAF Spitfire on a routine patrol over England where he finds himself in a dogfight with four German Messerschmidt Me-109 fighters. Trump administration can proceed with ...

Its fuel injected, liquid-cooled inverted-V-12 engine and sleek design made it both fast and maneuverable, not unlike the Spitfire. The German’s fighter’s fuel injection, however, granted it ...

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.

A fighter pilot has recalled drinking with German soldiers to celebrate the end of World War Two. Noel Grugeon from Reading, Berkshire, known by loved ones as Bunny, was 19 years old on VE Day.

The Case for the Supermarine Spitfire. ... After all, it was via the German bombers, and not their fighter escorts, that Hitler and Goering had hoped to pound the United Kingdom into submission.

The Spitfire is widely seen as the most famous British fighter aircraft in history. It played a key role in the Battle of Britain fought between the RAF and the German Luftwaffe in the summer of 1940.