With guns empty and time running out, RAF Spitfire pilots faced a deadly decision—tip the V-1 flying bomb with their own wing ...

The engine in the Supermarine Spitfire was a Rolls-Royce Merlin that eventually went into America's P-51 Mustang, as well. It had a lot of power.

Such leaps in performance required engines that could deliver more horsepower without sacrificing reliability, and few ...

A Spitfire which crashed near Hailsham, East Sussex, was buried for 30 years - now its Rolls-Royce engine is back on display to the public ...

A Spitfire's engine failed because of "fuel starvation", causing a pilot to make an emergency landing, investigators have said. The aeroplane pitched onto its nose, damaging the propeller and left ...