A special plaque has been unveiled to remember a brave Second World War pilot who died in a crash near Biggleswade.

Dudley Joseph Thompson was born in Panama to Jamaican parents. His father, a teacher, had travelled to Panama for work and ...

Discover the fascinating facts and surprising timeline of the All Creatures Great and Small's author's WWII experience.

His father, a native of Poland, had been a pilot in the Polish Free Air Force during World War II. “He had been ... Polish Squadron of the British Royal Air Force,” he says.

Group Capt Beamish was originally from Cork, and died in 1984 at the age of 75. He was an Irish rugby player and WW2 RAF pilot. Group Capt Beamish gained 12 caps for Ireland as a prop forward and also ...

Wing Commander Clive Beadon was dive-bombing the Burma-Siam railway in an RAF Liberator, similar to the plane pictured, when his aircraft was hit - The Print Collector via Getty Images)/Hulton ...

Wing Commander Clive Beadon’s bravery in the skies of Asia hailed as his medals go up for auction Wing Commander Clive Beadon was dive-bombing the Burma-Siam railway in an RAF Liberator ...

Dogfighting for the very survival of the British isles in brutal slug matches against the Luftwaffe’s best fighter pilots ... was another staple of the RAF flight line during the dark days of the ...

The plan is for the boat, which has two jet engines, to be piloted by Southport-born RAF pilot Flight Lieutenant David-John Gibbs in a future record breaking attempt. "The record is 317mph.

A World War Two Mosquito pilot aged 103 and a charity founder of just 18 are the oldest and youngest people awarded New Year's Honours on Tuesday. They were among hundreds of heroes recognised for ...

South Korean investigators looking into a jet crash that killed 179 people are examining the placement of a concrete barrier near the end of a runway after an expert called it “verging on ...

There are traces of WW2 all over Cambridgeshire ... the woods at Bedford Purlieus woods were used in conjunction with RAF Kings Cliffe air base, located south of the woods. Airmen lived in ...