The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) will be visible for some in the skies of Nottinghamshire over the bank holiday weekend, marking 80 years since the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. Operating from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, the flight operates six Spitfires, two Hurricanes, a Lancaster, a C47 Dakota, and two Chipmunk aircraft.
These aircraft can be regularly seen in the skies over the UK from May to September each year. They are flown to celebrate and commemorate public and military events from State occasions such as Trooping the Colour to major airshows and flypasts for public events.
Over the bank holiday the aircraft are scheduled to pass over Nottinghamshire three times. On Sunday, May 28 the flight's Lancaster bomber is scheduled to flypast Langley Mill, Nottinghamshire at 1.33pm.
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The iconic World War II bomber will later pass over Newark, Nottinghamshire at 1.44pm. On Monday, May 29, the legendary Spitfire fighter plane will fly past Langley Mill, Nottinghamshire at 2.38pm.
The full list of times for flypasts is below, which includes appearances in nearby Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
Saturday, May 27:
Liverpool, Merseyside - 11:50 - LHS
Blackpool, Lancashire - 12:03 - LHS
Bury, Greater Manchester - 12:17 - LHS
Smallwood, Cheshire - 12:31 - LHS
Telford, Shropshire - 12:47 - LHS
Shrewsbury, Shropshire - 12:54 - LHS
East Kirkby Airfield , Lincolnshire - 13:00 - S
Liverpool, Merseyside - 13:14 - LHS
Kings Lynn, Norfolk - 13:14 - S
Stibbington, Cambridgeshire - 13:26 - S
Podington, Northamptonshire - 13:35 - S
Gaydon, Warwickshire - 13:48 - S
Prescott, Gloucestershire - 13:58 - S
Westzoyland Airfield, Somerset - 16:08 - S
Denmead, Hampshire - 16:38 - S
Colsterworth, Lincolnshire - 17:18 - S
Sunday, May 28:
Liverpool, Merseyside - 12:30 - LHS
Blackpool, Lancashire - 12:43 - L
Telford, Shropshire - 12:51 - HS
Bury, Greater Manchester - 12:57 - L
Alvechurch, Worcestershire - 13:02 - HS
Stockport, Greater Manchester - 13:05 - L
Bidford Gliding Club, Worcestershire - 13:09 - HS
Sandringham Estate, Norfolk - 13:10 - H
Kings Lynn, Norfolk - 13:14 - H
Smallwood, Cheshire - 13:15 - L
Prescott, Gloucestershire - 13:16 - HS
Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire - 13:27 - H
Langley Mill, Nottinghamshire - 13:33 - L
Bardwell, Suffolk - 13:38 - H
Newark, Nottinghamshire - 13:44 - L
Wetheringsett, Suffolk - 13:44 - H
Colsterworth, Lincolnshire - 13:54 - L
Ingatestone, Essex - 14:02 - H
Horncastle, Lincolnshire - 14:09 - L
Watermead, Buckinghamshire - 14:20 - H
Podington, Northamptonshire - 14:31 - H
Monday, May 29:
East Kirkby Airfield, Lincolnshire - 14:00 - LHS
Carrington, Lincolnshire - 14:20 - LHS
Langley Mill, Nottinghamshire - 14:38 - S
Podington, Northamptonshire - 14:42 - H
Elvaston, Derbyshire - 14:43 - S
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) was inaugurated on 11 July 1957 at RAF Biggin Hill. It was initially called the RAF Historic Aircraft Flight and consisted of three PR Mk XIX Spitfires and the RAF’s last airworthy Hurricane, LF363. It was then renamed to be the Battle of Britain Flight before a final renaming in 1969 to what it is known as today, BBMF.
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