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English: Pictured are aircraft of the Royal Air Forces Battle of Britain Memorial Flight fyling over Blackpool.

The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (RAF-BBMF) is administratively part of the Royal Air Force No 1 Group and operates from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. They have Spitfires, Hurricanes, a Lancaster and Dakota as well as Chipmunks in the flight.

The aircraft are regularly seen at events commemorating World War II, upon British State occasions, notably the Trooping the Colour celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's birthday and at air displays throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.

  • Organization: RAF
  • Object Name: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: People, Royal Air Force
  • Keywords: Royal Air Force, Historic, World War Two, WWII, World War 2, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, BBMF, Historical, Aircraft, Hurricane Mark II, Avro Lancaster Mk 1 , Spitfire Mark Vb , Terrain, Landscape, Water, Ocean
  • Country: UK
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Author Images by Sgt Jack Pritchard, RA
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(Reusing this file)		 Images are downloadable at high resolution, made available at http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk for reuse under the OGL (Open Government License).

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