War veteran Major General Emil Bocek visits the Pankrac prison in Prague, Feb. 11, 2022. Emil Bocek, the last living Czech who was fighting the Nazis during the World War II as a Royal Air Force pilot ...

(CNN) — A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War II era Spitfire he was flying crashed into a field in England. (CNN) — A British Royal Air Force pilot has died after the World War ...

After France fell, the Blenheims were tasked with day and night attacks against Nazi-occupied ports and installations.

RAF hero Albert served with No. 10 Squadron and was part of the fabled Bomber Command, flying 37 night-time raids over ...

The Defiant’s real-world combat performance can be summed up in a ten-word nutshell: great against enemy bombers, not so great against enemy fighters. In other words, it was more of an interceptor ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PRAGUE (AP) — Emil Bocek, the last living ...

Built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (which eventually became one of the founding components of BAE Systems), the Blenheim made its maiden flight on April 12, 1935, under the designation of Type 142 ...

FILE - Two Air Force B-52s will undergo radar modernization at Port San Antonio. This is the first time this work has been done on this aircraft. Port San Antonio among work sites for Boeing’s $2B ...

PRAGUE (AP) — Emil Bocek, the last living Czech pilot who fought the Nazis while serving with Britain’s Royal Air Force during World War II, has died at age 100. A community center for war veterans in ...