A Spitfire had also been scheduled to carry ... Sources said he took off from RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire, as normal, but the aircraft crashed within about a minute of takeoff.

The Prince and Princess of Wales have said they are “incredibly sad” after a Royal Air Force pilot died in a Spitfire crash near RAF Coningsby. Police and emergency services rushed to the ...

The pilot was killed when the Spitfire he was flying crashed in a field near RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. In a social media post, the BBMF said it would be flying all its aircraft again during ...

LONDON — A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near ... of a Royal Air Force pilot ''in a tragic accident'' near RAF Coningsby, an airbase. There was no immediate word on the cause ...

The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight fighters were grounded following a fatal Spitfire crash ... at workplaces and in hospitals. The RAF Coningsby Typhoon has been recovered and the pilot ...

squadrons based at RAF Coningsby in England. There is also a permanent detachment (1435 Flight) located on the Falkland Islands. As noted by BAE Systems, with RAF production now concluded ...

RAF Coningsby is the home of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) which provides aerial displays throughout the UK and Europe, including events commemorating World War II and British State ...

The Spitfire flown by Sergeant George Douglas Jones, aged 20, was based at RAF Rednal, a big Spitfire training base near Oswestry. It crashed on August 5, 1942, at Bryneglwys, Denbighshire ...

In addition, when production of the Spitfire was underway, it would cost around £12,604 per aircraft, which equates to around £800,000 today, which would make it more expensive than the RAF's ...

The RAF’s finest hour came a generation later, in the early days of World War II, when a few brave pilots in Spitfires and Hurricanes held off the formidable Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.