Mark Andrews looks back through the decades to mark the Express & Star's 150th anniversary. Today we look at the 1940s.

There was no honeymoon to speak of. It was on a combat engagement five weeks later that his luck against the German air force ...

When pilots took to the air for combat during the First World War, it had been less than 15 years since the Wright brothers' famous first flight in 1903. Aircraft were in the development stage, made ...

Antis the hero Alsation flew in over 30 World War II combat missions alongside his airman master and now his rare bravery ...

Francis Houlihan, small town Iowa grocery man, only five years removed from his high school graduation, found himself 85 ...

Matt in one of his favourite aircraft. When you’ve flown 52 different aircraft types (and counting), you often get asked what your favourite is. So, it was a welcome change when I was asked to ...

THIS is the dramatic moment disposal teams blow up a 250kg bomb which the Luftwaffe dropped on Britain during World War Two.

World War II saw the emergence of some groundbreaking jet fighters that revolutionized aerial warfare. The Messerschmitt Me ...

Can-Car’s reputation soared as MacGill’s aircraft arrived just in time for deployment against the Luftwaffe. She became known ...

A special act of remembrance will be held this weekend for Polish RAF Spitfire pilots who trained in Northern Ireland and ...

Soon the road to Dromineer was alive with curious cyclists and pedestrians hurrying to see what had happened. The mystery ...