A statue of seven Battle of Britain pilots has been unveiled on the 82nd anniversary of the photograph on which it is based being taken. The men of RAF 32 Squadron were pictured relaxing at RAF ...

One of my earliest childhood recollections of Spitfire and Hurricane planes taking off and landing. I grew up on the very edge of RAF Hawkinge Airfield just inland from Folkestone in Kent on the ...

A pilot who clocked up almost 2,500 flying hours, Mr Garthwaite flew 23 different aircraft in wartime, including Hurricanes and Spitfires. Stationed near Chichester in West Sussex, he was told to go ...