27 February 2021 - Capt Tom Moore's funeral -
Dakota (Bedfordshire)
13 May 2021 - BBMF gained their Public Display Authority.
Below are the 2021 display dates (May to October), venues & timings for the BBMF:
L = Lancaster,
S = Spitfire,
H = Hurricane,
D = Dakota.
Flypasts are in italics.
May 2021
• 02 -
Shuttleworth Season Premiere Drive-in Display -
SS
June 2021
• 05 -
Midlands Air Festival -
SS - 2.30pm
• 05 -
Waltham on the Wolds flypast - 2.59pm
• 05 -
International Bomber Command Centre flypast - 3.10pm
• 06 -
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial flypast - D - 11.10am
• 06 -
Midlands Air Festival -
SS - 2.30pm
• 06 -
Shuttleworth Flying Festival of Britain Drive-in Display (Flypast) - S
• 25 -
Battle of Britain Airshow, Headcorn -
S
• 26 -
Battle of Britain Airshow, Headcorn -
S
• 27 -
Battle of Britain Airshow, Headcorn -
SD
July 2021
• To be announced
August 2021
• 07 -
East Kirkby Air Show -
DSH
• 26 -
Clacton Airshow (Clacton 150 Flypast) -
LSH
• 27 -
Clacton Airshow (Clacton 150 Flypast) -
LSH
• 27 -
Sidmouth Air Show -
D
• 29 -
Little Gransden Air & Car Show -
L
September 2021
• 02 -
Bournemouth Air Festival -
LSH
• 03 -
Bournemouth Air Festival -
LSH
• 04 -
Bournemouth Air Festival -
LSH
• 05 -
Bournemouth Air Festival -
LSH
• 09 -
Jersey International Air display -
LSS
• 11 -
Abingdon Air & Country Show -
S
October 2021
• To be announced
LSSSH = The 'Dowding' formation consists of Lancaster, 3x Spitfires and a Hurricane.
L = Lancaster,
S = Spitfire,
H = Hurricane,
D = Dakota.
The BBMF Lancaster is undergoing maintenance at Duxford but will return to RAF Coningsby in August 2021.
The BBMF schedule is usually announced at the end of March each year.
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 (Click on aircraft to see a photo):
• 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 2021.
