Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Schedule 2019

Below are the 2019 display dates & venues for the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF):

L = Lancaster, S = Spitfire, H = Hurricane, D = Dakota.   Selected flypasts in Italics.

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May
• 05 Abingdon Air & Country Show - S
• 06 East Kirkby - H
• 18 Canberra Saturday - Newark Air Museum - SH - 1.24pm
• 18 Shuttleworth Evening Airshow - S - 6pm
• 25 East Kirkby - D - 1.30pm
• 27 East Kirkby - D - 1.30pm
• 30 RAF Valley Families Day - S
• 30 RAF Shawbury Families Day - S

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June
• 01 Torbay Airshow - DS - 2.25pm
• 01 Langham Dome - SH - 1pm
• 02 Torbay Airshow - DSH - 12.45pm
• 02 Duxford (DAKS over Normandy) - D
• 02 Shuttleworth Flying Festival - S - 3.32pm
• 03 Duxford (DAKS over Normandy) - D
• 04 Duxford (DAKS over Normandy) - D - 2pm
• 09 RAF Cosford Air Show - LSH
• 15 Dunsfold Wings & Wheels - S - 2.45pm
• 16 Dunsfold Wings & Wheels - S - 3pm
• 22 Weston Air Festival, Somerset - LSS - 3.45pm
• 22 Festival of Flight, Newcastle, Northern Ireland - D - 2.05pm
• 23 Weston Air Festival, Somerset - LSS - 1pm
• 23 Lymm - D
• 29 RAF Wyton Families Day - L
• 29 Salisbury Armed Forces Day - LSS - 2.13pm
• 29 Plymouth Armed Forces Day - S - 5.08pm
• 29 Scarborough Armed Forces Day - H - 11.30am
• 30 Cleethorpes Armed Forces Day - H - 3pm

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July
• 06 Wales National Air Show, Swansea Bay - LSH - 2pm
• 06 Teignmouth Airshow - H - 5pm
• 07 Headcorn - SS - 2.38pm
• 07 Capel-le-Ferne - SS - 3pm
• 07 Shuttleworth Military Airshow - H - 5.20pm
• 07 Wales National Air Show, Swansea Bay - LSH - 1pm
• 13 Royal Navy International Air Day - LSH - 3.55pm
• 13 Duxford Flying Legends - SD
• 14 Duxford Flying Legends - SD
• 19 Royal International Air Tattoo - LSH
• 20 Royal International Air Tattoo - LSH - 1.52pm
• 20 Holkham - D
• 21 Royal International Air Tattoo - LSH - 1.57pm
• 21 Holkham - L
• 25 RAF Marham Families Day - SH
• 25 RAF Honington - SH
• 25 RAF Odiham Families Day - D
• 26 RAF Linton-on-Ouse Families Day - LSH - 5.20pm
• 26 Sunderland Airshow - LSH - 6.05pm
• 27 East Fortune - LSH - 2.05pm
• 27 Sunderland Airshow - LSH - 3pm
• 27 Old Buckenham - D
• 28 Sunderland Airshow - LSH - 2pm
• 28 Old Buckenham - D

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August
• 10 Whitby Regatta - D
• 10 Saddleworth - L
• 10 Blackpool Airshow - LSH
• 11 Blackpool Airshow - LSH
• 11 Saddleworth - L
• 11 Whitby - S
• 15 RAF Benson Families Day - L
• 15 Airbourne (Eastbourne) Airshow - LSHD
• 16 Airbourne (Eastbourne) Airshow - LSHD
• 17 Airbourne (Eastbourne) Airshow - LSH - 3pm
• 17 Airbourne (Eastbourne) Airshow - D - 4.30pm
• 17 Biggin Hill Festival of Flight - LSH - 2.22pm
• 17 Biggin Hill Festival of Flight - D - 3.59pm
• 18 Airbourne (Eastbourne) Airshow - LSH - 1.48pm
• 18 Airbourne (Eastbourne) Airshow - D - 1.28pm
• 18 Biggin Hill Festival of Flight - LSH - 12.58pm
• 18 Biggin Hill Festival of Flight - D - 12.51pm
• 22 RAF Wattisham Families Day - LSH
• 22 Clacton Airshow - LSH
• 23 Clacton Airshow - LSH - 3pm
• 23 Sidmouth - S - 6.35pm
• 24 Rhyl Airshow - LSH - 2.30pm
• 25 Little Gransden - D - 3pm
• 25 Rhyl Airshow - LSH - 2pm
• 26 East Kirkby - S - 3pm
• 26 Uffington - D - 1.30pm
• 29 Bournemouth Air Festival - LSH - 2.40pm
• 30 Chatsworth - S
• 30 Bournemouth Air Festival - LSH - 2.40pm
• 30 Dartmouth Regatta - S
• 31 Bournemouth Air Festival - LSH - 4.58pm
• 31 Dartmouth - S
• 31 Gilze Rijen - S
• 31 Chatsworth - H - 12.55pm
• 31 Portrush, Northern Ireland - D

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September
• 01 Portrush, Northern Ireland - D
• 01 Bournemouth Air Festival - LSH - 1pm
• 01 Chatsworth - S
• 06 Southport Airshow - DSH - 7pm
• 07 Southport Airshow - DSH - 3pm
• 08 Southport Airshow - DSH - 2pm
• 12 Jersey Int. Air Display - DSH
• 13 Goodwood Revival - S
• 14 Goodwood Revival - S
• 15 Goodwood Revival - S
• 21 Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show - DSH - 1.43pm
• 22 Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show - DSH - 1.43pm

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L = Lancaster, S = Spitfire, H = Hurricane, D = Dakota.

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The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight or BBMF presently consist of twelve aircraft:- 6 Spitfires, 2 Hurricanes, Lancaster, Dakota, and 2 Chipmunks. They are operated by the Royal Air Force and have been based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire since 1976. The BBMF participate in scores of Air Displays and events every year.

The display crew and groundcrew are all volunteers drawn from the Royal Air Force. The Flight routinely makes over 700 individual aircraft appearances during a year, ranging from major air shows to village fetes. The BBMF are usually represented at air shows with the Lancaster flanked by a Spitfire and Hurricane.

BBMF aircraft include the following:
• Lancaster (PA474)
• Spitfire Mk IIa (P7350)
• Spitfire Mk Vb (AB910)
• Spitfire Mk LFIXe (MK356)
• Spitfire Mk XIX (PM631)
• Spitfire Mk XIX (PS915)
• Spitfire Mk XVIe (TE311)
• Hurricane Mk IIc (PZ865)
• Hurricane Mk IIc (LF363)
• Douglas C-47 Dakota (ZA947)
• Chipmunks (WK518 & WG486)

• BBMF Official website, BBMF Facebook & BBMF Twitter.

• BBMF page on this website.

• UK Air Show Calendar 2019.

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