The UK's last flying Lancaster bomber is to undergo months of maintenance meaning it will not feature in air displays next year. The Avro Lancaster PA474 is based at the Battle of Britain Memorial ...

THOUSANDS OF MILES IN THE AIR, MANY OF THEM VERY DANGEROUS. RICHARD BOYD WAS IN HIS LATE TEENS, WORKING FULL TIME AND PLAYING SOCCER FOR A LONDON JUNIOR TEAM, WHEN GERMAN BOMB STARTED FALLING ON HIS ...

In WW2, the British made destroying German dams a key strategic target in order to kneecap the German industrial effort. To accomplish this, they needed a special plane to deliver the payload: the ...

A memorial has been unveiled to commemorate the crew of a Lancaster bomber who perished when their plane crashed during World War Two. The bomber, piloted by Flt Sgt Geoffrey Appleyard, crashed on 26 ...

Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...