Battle of Britain Dakota in museum flypast

There will be three flypasts by the historic aircraft over the Cosford site in Shifnal on Sunday.
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Last Surviving Battle of Britain Pilot Dies

Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last known surviving pilot of “The Few” from the 1940 Battle of Britain, passed away at the age of 105. An Irishman who served in the British Royal Air Force, ...
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Last Known Battle of Britain Pilot Turns 105

John Allman “Paddy” Hemingway, the last known fighter pilot from the 1940 Battle of Britain, recently celebrated his 105th birthday. He flew Hawker Hurricanes with the RAF’s No. 85 Squadron during the ...

Spitfire and Messerschmitt join forces in historic Battle of Britain flight

Few machines have as much shared history as the Spitfire and Messerschmitt fighter aeroplanes. Now, more than 80 years after ...
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The Battle of Britain began in July 1940 as Hitler’s air war met Britain’s first defiant stand

In late July 1940, the Battle of Britain began taking shape as German air attacks over the English Channel tested whether Britain could be broken from the sky. What Berlin expected to be a prelude to ...

Battle of Britain Spitfire flies over museum

Crowds at the RAF Museum Midlands in Shropshire, as well as those living nearby, got the chance to see a Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight fly overhead on Sunday. The plane was a ...