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 ...

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 ...

John 'Paddy' Hemingway has been recognised by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight fighters were grounded following a fatal Spitfire crash. Police say ...

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 ...

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.

based at RAF Coningsby, Lossiemouth and Brize Norton. RAF Typhoons frequently intercept incoming Russian bombers which act as spy planes to monitor how quickly they can scramble to force them to ...