Norman Barbeau's spitfire struck a petrol tanker on take off from Minchinhampton Airfield and crashed in Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, in 1941. The 20-year-old Canadian died when he struck a tree ...

Captain Rick Roberts keeps a cool head when he flies to "bomb" a bushfire. The Canadian pilots a large air tanker (LAT) retrofitted with an 11,356-litre tank for fire retardant that hugs the plane ...

Sqn Ldr Mark Long was killed when the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) plane he was flying crashed in a field in Lincolnshire on 25 May A pilot who was killed in a Spitfire crash in a ...

The Spitfire pilot reported seeing the Cabri G2 helicopter as the aircraft accelerated down runway 14. The helicopter had been hovering nearby and moved towards the runway as the Spitfire took off.

Historic planes remain temporarily grounded amid investigation into death of pilot ... destroyed Spitfire, serial number MK356, was built in February 1944. It was issued to a Royal Canadian ...

is on a quest to find out more about the pilot who tragically died, his family, and any living relatives, and in particular a picture of him. The Spitfire flown by Sergeant George Douglas Jones ...