The Hawker Hurricane was not as attractive or streamlined as the Spitfire, and it failed to capture the public’s respect in the same way. But the Hurricane was responsible for nearly 60 percent of the ...

Learn about the real history of World on Fire Episode 2, from women’s often overshadowed contributions both in the French Resistance and Britain’s Auxiliary Territorial Service to which troops joined ...

Humanity achieved flight a mere decade before the outset of World War I in 1914, and pioneers did not take long to press the revolutionary new science into service. The first fighter pilots fought in ...

Britain's last surviving Second World War Victoria Cross recipient has died aged 105. Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank, from Aberdeen, received the VC for bravery during an attack on an enemy ...

A WW2 hero has slammed Labour's broken Britain, which he says "just doesn’t seem to be a nice place any more". Few know service and courage like Royal Navy hero Alec Penstone. The 100-year-old World ...