Battle of Britain Flying Day 2012

Supermarine Spitfires and a Hawker Hurricane take to the sky again…..in August 2012 the Flying Heritage Collection commemorated the 1940 Battle of Britain where the outnumbered RAF fought off the German Luftwaffe and saved Britain from imminent invasion. The Spitfire Mk.Vc and Hurricane Mk.XIIA of the Flying Heritage Collection were joined by the nearby Historic Flight Foundation’s Spitfire Mk.IXe.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXe, Mk.Vc and Hawker Hurricane Mk.XIIA

The Hawker Hurricane from the Flying Heritage Collection was the first to taxi out for takeoff

Then the Flying Heritage Collection Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc

Then the Historic Flight Foundation Spitfire joined the group

Unlike the Luftwaffe Flying Day a few weeks prior, these classic British fighters all took to the air without any issues. They then put on a fantastic flight display which was also a first for me seeing a Hurricane fly with not one but two Spitfires! It was great to hear the roar of three Rolls Royce Merlin engines in the sky.

High flying formation overhead

Legends of the Battle of Britain

It was a delight to hear all those Rolls Royce Merlin engines go by

Hurricane solo

The Flying Heritage Spitfire solo performance

A nice pass by the Historic Flight Foundation Spitfire Mk.IX

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.“

Winston Churchill – British Prime Minister, August 20th, 1940.