The Dambusters raid involved 19 Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron. Each had a crew of seven. Eight failed to return. Of the ...

During the Battle of Britain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the enormous efforts made by the fighter and bomber crews. In a speech delivered in August 1940, he famously said ...

Dubbed the Battle of Britain, it was the first decisive clash ... "It is certainly an awful sight to behold those ugly black bombers in rank after rank," remembered Canadian pilot Ernest McNab.

Winston Churchill’s Battle of Britain Bunker was hidden from the Nazis underneath a formal garden, research has revealed. The secret site in Uxbridge, west London, was camouflaged during the ...

The RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) said the Lancaster bomber, one of the most famous aircraft of World War Two, is ready to fly following repairs over the winter. In a statement ...

Avro Lancaster PA474 took off from RAF Coningsby earlier to resume service with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF). The bomber, which was built in 1945, received repairs, including a new ...

At the eastern end of the magnificent Lady Chapel built by King Henry VII is a chapel dedicated to the men of the Royal Air Force who died in the Battle of Britain between July and October 1940 ... in ...