Isle of Wight Lancaster Bomber flypast cancelled TODAY | Isle of Wight County Press
The Second World War plane - one of only two still flying - was set to take flight over the Island today (Sunday, June 25).
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The Second World War plane - one of only two still flying - was set to take flight over the Island today (Sunday, June 25).
The Second World War plane - one of only two still flying - was set to take flight over the Island on Sunday, June 25.
Pat Hughes was among the pilots who fought under the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain.
Family, friends and Service Personnel gathered in Truro to celebrate the incredible life of a former RAF Spitfire Pilot, on what would have been his…
The Spitfire was… “ …my first love. I had been interested in the Second World War as a boy, then it all rather went out the window in my teens. Then, in my late twenties, I was playing cricket and while I was batting a roaring, pirouetting vision appeared far over mid-wicket. Turning to the umpire, I said, ‘What is that??’ And he replied solemnly, ‘That’s a Spitfire.’ It was a massive Damascene moment. The following weekend was Flying Legends at Duxford, so I took myself off, drooled over the warbirds and especially Spitfires and bought a first edition of David Crook...