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Advertisement It was the fighter plane that flew in the more famous Spitfire's shadow during the Second World War, even though it downed more Nazi planes.  Armed with cannons and bombs, the Hawker Hurricane was responsible for 55 per cent of the RAF's air victories over Luftwaffe pilots and around 70 per cent of kills during the Battle of Britain.  Now, a new documentary shows the moment the daughter of a World War Two Hurricane pilot takes to the skies in her father's plane.   Eugenie Brooks, the daughter of Flight Sergeant John Brooks, is shown shedding tears as flies in the plane in UK...

The hidden history behind 19 Lincolnshire RAF airfields from the Second World War Some are still well known names while some have disappeared into the mists of time The abandoned RAF North Coates as it is now with the main runway running east towards the sea During the Second World War, Lincolnshire became an important part of the allied war machine with its flat landscape proving a perfect staging ground for around 50 RAF bases during the conflict. Such was the importance of the area to the war effort that the it was dubbed Bomber County for the large number of airfields and bases it conta...

1/1 Prince Philip made many visits to York and North Yorkshire over the years as our picture gallery shows PRINCE Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, made several memorable visits to York and North Yorkshire over his seven decades as the Queen's consort. The first was in 1949, just two years after his wedding to Princess Elizabeth, and three before she became Queen. Our picture shows him – as tradition dictated – walking behind the Princess alongside the civic party through Stonegate with York Minster in the background. His final visit was in April 2012 when he and Prince...

Air Commodore Peter Malam Brothers destroyed 16 enemy aircraft during WWII  Was veteran of Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Dieppe raid and D-Day Most of his 'kills' came in 1940 when he served as one of the 'The Few' Air Commodore Brothers was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross twice Also received the Distinguished Service Order and the CBE for bravery  

by Mike Bechthold Normal: University of Oklahoma Press, 2017. Pp. xiv, 282. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 9780806155968 A Charismatic Air Power Pioneer The Canadian-born flying ace Raymond ‘Collie’ Collishaw (1893-1976) served in the British Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), and subsequently, the Royal Air Force (RAF) for 28 years. During the First World War, Collishaw racked up a total of 61 confirmed air-to-air victories, which brought him into a second-place tie with the great Irish ace, Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock, VC, on the overall British Em...