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Royal Air Force
Battle of Britain
Memorial Flight
Official Souvenir Guide
BBMF ORIGINS l THE BBMF TODAY
THE BBMF TEAM l THE BBMF AIRCRAFT
STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHS
£5
DETAILED AIRCRAFT HISTORIES
Royal Air Force
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
Patron
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge KG KT ADC(P)
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OFFICIAL GUIDE
e Royal Air Force
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
commemorates all those who have lost their lives serving with the
RAF, or its predecessor the Royal Flying Corps, in all con icts from
1914 up to the present day. In most cases those who made the
ultimate sacri ce were volunteers who willingly signed up to the
risks. Perhaps all that they would ask in return is an understanding
of what they achieved, of the hardships and trials they f
Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memori
e Royal Air Force Battle o
Contents 6. BBMF Origins & Today. 8. The BBMF Tea
The entire contents of this publication are © cop
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S A BBMF ghter pilot in the cockpit of Spit re M
aspects of the aircraft engines and propellers,
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R Polish pilot Ludwik Martel was ying P7350 when
The aircraft's code letters were changed to 603 S
“KIWI III” Spitfire P7350 now represents a Spitfire
R In its element. Spit re Mk IIa P7350, the only
Spit re Mk Vb AB910 Flew 143 operational sorties
R Spit re AB910's rst operational unit in August
Ops from Cornwall with 130 Sqn After having been
D-Day Spit re Records show that George Lawson flew
R AB910 in air racing colours with the civilian r
“After I taxied in and shut down, I remained
W From 2003 to 2006 Spit re AB910 was painted i
letters `SH-F' and the name of his new-born son `
R Spit re Mk Vb AB910 – a genuine combat veteran.
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Spit re L.F. Mk IXe MK356 Flew 60 wartime sorties
V Spit re Mk L.F. IXe MK356 wearing its latest de
Spit re MK356 Spitfire MK356 was part of a batch o
R Between 2008 and 2013 Spit re Mk IX MK356 appea
The colour scheme represented Spitfire Mk IX,
Spit re Mk L.F. XVIe TE311 Clipped-wing, low-back
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aircraft toured the country by road, visiting sho
R Mk XVI Spit res TE311 (left) and TB382 dismantl
These Spitfires could carry a 500-lb bomb on the c
“Spit re with a punch” R `Clippe
Spit re PR Mk XIX PM631 Ultimate Spitfire!
O f all the roles undertaken by
Spit re PR `ops' in wartime These PR Spitfires wer
P Spit re PR Mk XIX PM631 was a founding aircraft
Spit rePR XIX PS915 R BBMF Spit re PR Mk XIX
R For the rst six years of its life in RAF servi
the electric tea urn had broken! Formby also suffe
R Spit re PS915 under refurbishment at BAe Samles
R Between 1998 and 2003 PS915 was painted as a 15
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S BBMF Spit re PR Mk XIX PS915 in its element, hi
Lancaster
R These Lancaster B1s (Far East) show how PA474 w
PA474 was variously based at Lungi in Sierra Leon
R Lancaster PA474 engines running on the grass ai
At Waddington After its arrival at Waddington PA4
R In 1988 when PA474 was painted as `PM-M2', with
PA474's colour schemes PA474 continued to wear th
R Lancaster PA474 was painted as 100 Sqn's famous
The port (left-hand) side is now painted to
R RAF BBMF Lancaster B1 PA474 displays its latest
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Hurricane Mk II LF363 A founding aircraft of
R Hurricane LF363 photographed at Langley in mid-
S One of the Battle of Britain colour schemes wor
W An atmospheric portrait of BBMF Hurricane Mk II
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Hurricane Mk IIC PZ865 `The Last of the Many!'
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R The special ceremony at Hawker's factory at Lan
Air Racer In 1950 PZ865 was brought out of storag
R Hurricane PZ865 during lming for the `Battle o
R One of Hurricane PZ865's most recent colour sch
C-47 Dakota The BBMF `Dak' flies in honour of the
III ZA947 R BBMF C-47 Dakota ZA947
The C-47 pounds o
Post war After the Second World War had ended and
the Dakota was allocated the `modern' serial ZA94
DH Chipmunks T10 WG486 and WK518 The last
WK518 Also built at Broughton, Hawarden, and deli
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