Explore the legendary rivalry and legacy of the Spitfire and P-51 Mustang, World War II’s most iconic fighter planes, and ...

Powerful and dependable, the Rolls-Royce Merlin aero engine was fitted to many of the most significant warplanes of the Second World War—from the Spitfire and Hurricane to the Lancaster. The engine’s ...

On a bright spring morning in 1940, the Royal Air Force pilot was in the fight of his life. Strapped into his brand new Supermarine Spitfire, he was locked in mortal combat with a Luftwaffe pilot over ...

Without question, the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine is one of the greatest piston pushers ever made. The 27-liter V12 was built in the 1930s and 1940s and would eventually go on to power allied fighter ...

During the Battle of Britain, the unmistakable sound of the Merlin engine was heard daily across the south of England as the RAF engaged Luftwaffe fighters in dogfights. Accepting the award, ...