Members of the Royal Family have led tributes after the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, passed away peacefully on March 17, 2025, at the age of 105. John Hemingway ...

He first saw action as a nineteen-year-old Royal Air Force Pilot Officer in Holland, where he was shot down just a day after registering his first kill, before making his way back to British lines ...

The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John 'Paddy' Hemingway has died, aged 105. The Royal Air Force said he passed away peacefully ... Near the end of World War Two, while serving in the ...

Eighty-five years ago, a nineteen-year-old Royal Air Force Pilot Officer from Ireland ... In 1945, whilst serving in the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces with 324 Wing, he was forced to bail out a ...

Almost a century ago, a Glasgow RAF pilot narrowly escaped death in a fragile open-cockpit biplane as he became the first man to fly over Mount Everest. Air Commodore Sir Douglas Douglas-Hamilton ...

The Ministry of Defence has insisted that the number of Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots is sufficient to meet existing defence requirements, despite ongoing concerns over a shortfall in ...

Pollard highlighted that “24 Ukrainian pilots have graduated from intensive Fast Jet Lead-in training under the guidance of Royal Air Force instructors.” He also attended their graduation, stating, ...

He added that during the Battle of Britain, the RAF "never ran out of Spitfires or Hurricanes" but "nearly ran out of fighter pilots." The RAF insists it has sufficient pilots and aircrew to conduct ...