George Beurling, too much of a rule breaker for the structured squadrons fighting over France, has been let loose on the ...

He didn’t want medals. He didn’t want praise. George Beurling wanted to fly—and shoot. In his Spitfire over Malta, he hunted Messerschmitts with terrifying accuracy. This is the story of the war’s ...

"When you come to the battle of Malta, they had a target the size of the Isle of Wight and they flattened it." The Spitfire pilot, from Wem near Shrewsbury, who gained vital experience flying in ...

Sick Malta Spitfire Hero forced to sell home to pay for care... leaving wife, 94, homeless. Malta Independent Monday, 18 January 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago.

Ian Maclennan was one of the last – if not the last – of the aces who defended the island of Malta in the Siege of 1940 to 1943. He was an RCAF Spitfire pilot on loan to the Royal Air Force ...

As part of the commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the awarding of the George Cross to the people of Malta on 15 April, 1942, a group of 40 members of the Royal Air Squadron (UK) ...

One of the last remaining Spitfire fighter pilots to patrol the Maltese skies at the height of World War II bombing, has died aged 99. Squadron Leader Allan Scott, who flew for the Royal Air Force ...