The RAF called for reinforcements and over the summer hundreds of Spitfires were shipped in by aircraft carriers. These improved Spitfire Mark Vs had a top speed of 371mph and were armed with ...

Two Second World War veterans took to the skies in Spitfire aircraft to celebrate their 100th birthdays. Robbie Hall, 100, and Dorothea Barron, who is 100 next month, flew in two Spitfires from ...