Spitfire 944 is a short documentary featured in the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in which an 83-year-old World War II pilot views 16mm footage of his 1944 Spitfire crash-landing for the first time, sixty-one years after the event.

Lieutenant John S. Blyth was flying with the United States...read more

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Aerial Combat Footage - Impressive Shots in Full Resolution. United States Aircraft shooting German Raiders in a New Year's Day attack (year unknown). This was called Luftwaffe's Black Monday. Pictures of German aircraft being shot down and bursting into flames in flight. Shots of various German...read more

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Dramatic moment a Spitfire lands without any wheels. This is the nail-biting moment, reminiscent of the Battle of Britain, when a skilled pilot was forced to carry out an emergency landing of his '80% replica Spitfire' - without any WHEELS. The aircraft was flying at Sibson Airfield when the...read more

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 Lieutenant) May 14, 2016

Evening Display At RAF Coningsby From Two Lancaster's, And The Memorial Flights Spitfire And Hurricane. These three planes are the true staple of the Royal Air Force’s aviation history. Any noise over the music of 10 merlins in perfect Harmony!read more

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92-year-old Air Transport Auxiliary veteran Joy Lofthouse returns to the skies in a Spitfire 70 years on from the end of World War 2.
Seven decades after her last flight in the iconic plane, Joy described the experience as "lovely: it was perfect", making her feel "quite young." The ATA...read more

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On this day is commemorated the 80 anniversary of the first flight by Spitfire prototype (K5054) which had been designed by R. J. Mitchell. K5054 was the Air Ministry registration given to the (Vickers) Supermarine Type 300 prototype. This happened on 5 March 1936 when...read more

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More warbirds now to commemorate fighter command during the Battle of Britain. A mass take off of Spitfires, Hurricanes and a Buchon all filling the skies over RAF Fairford. Whilst the formation gathered a Griffon powered Spitfire was in a dogfight with the Buchon before a mass of Merlin and...read more

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 Lieutenant) March 01, 2015
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The Battle of Britain fighters – legends that saved a nation from tyranny. Was it the hard work if the Hurricane which flew more than 75% of the sorties, or was it the charisma and iconic symbol of the Spitfire that inspired a nation? Find out how they compare and how they work at the Battle of...(find more about the event)

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 Lieutenant) February 17, 2015

Action packed clip of German Junkers JU-88 bombers on a mission with BF-109 fighters keeping busy with escort duty including shooting down a British Spitfire.read more

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