During the Battle of Britain, perhaps the most fraught moment in the UK’s history, the Spitfire performed admirably. The Supermarine Spitfire is arguably the most accomplished, and most ...

But for the brave young aircrew the cost was greater than ever, with 544 British pilots killed, while the average life expectancy of a Spitfire ... the last living Battle of Britain pilot ...

The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John 'Paddy' Hemingway ... he was forced to bail out a fourth time near Ravenna in Italy after his Spitfire was hit multiple times by anti-aircraft ...

The last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain has died. Group Captain John "Paddy ... Mediterranean Allied Air Forces and fighting near Ravenna in Italy. His Spitfire was hit multiple ...

The last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain, Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway ... While attacking enemy forces near Ravenna in April 1945, his Spitfire was hit multiple times by ...

March 18 (UPI) --The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during ... out behind German lines after his Spitfire fighter took multiple hits ...

The last of 'The Few' - the pilots who fought in the 1940 Battle of Britain - has died at the ... enemy forces near Ravenna in April 1945, his Spitfire was hit multiple times by anti-aircraft ...

ITV News Correspondent John Ray looks back at the life of Battle of Britain pilot ... enemy forces near Ravenna in April 1945, his Spitfire was hit multiple times by anti-aircraft fire.

He would always be among the first to point out that this was the workhorse of the Battle of Britain, destroying more enemy planes than any other. The stronger, faster Spitfire was 'wonderful ...

The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway ... a fourth time while fighting near Ravenna, Italy, when his Spitfire was hit multiple times. He landed in enemy territory ...

He would always be among the first to point out that this was the workhorse of the Battle of Britain, destroying more enemy planes than any other. The stronger, faster Spitfire was 'wonderful ...