The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British a decisive advantage fighting the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.

A full-size Spitfire will be on display in Southampton city centre this month. The aircraft will be part of the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. On Sunday ...

The vintage aircraft, a two-seater Spitfire MJ627, made what its operator described as a “precautionary landing” in a crop field on Lower Wall Road, narrowly avoiding catastrophe. Despite ...

A Second World War Spitfire fighter plane has crashed in a field in Kent. The plane, owned by Fly A Spitfire, went down "in the vicinity of Hythe on 03/05/2025 (Saturday)", the company said in a ...

A Spitfire was forced to make an emergency crash-landing in a field just days before VE Day. The historic aircraft - which had two people onboard - veered out of the sky before crashing down among ...

THIS is the shocking moment a Spitfire crash landed in a field while "practising for a VE Day event". The 82-year-old World War II fighter aircraft made the emergency landing in a farmer's crop ...

Staycationers say a Spitfire plane misfired above a caravan park, lost altitude and narrowly missed trees moments before crash landing in a field. The historic aircraft, which had two people ...

A Spitfire pilot who crash landed in a field saved the life of his passenger who was on a birthday trip, says a witness. The pilot and a passenger managed to walk out of the aircraft unhurt.

“We watched that Spitfire for a couple of minutes and it flew off. So we continued driving, and came across the plane which had just crashed. The pilot and passenger were luckily out of the ...

A Spitfire crashed into a farmer's field while reportedly practising a flypast for a VE Day ceremony. Fire crews and paramedics were rushed to the scene after the historic aircraft plummeted from ...