Battle of Britain Day at Capel.
- 5 September 2013 14:17243537Found these on file,thought you might like a look!
I recieved an e-mail today giveing me the details of the Battle of Britain Day event being held at the Capel Memorial site.
Sunday September 15th is the Service date at Capel, assembly at 10.30hrs for a 11.00hrs start, the service will be aprox 1hr long, so at the close (around 12.00hrs) there will be a flypast by both a Spitfire and a Hurricane, sorry but at this time I don't know which aircraft will attend but a good guess will be that they are from the BBMF.
Friday 13th, Sat 14th and Sunday 15th are also Action Station flying days, so on Sunday you might see two Spitfires over head!
On Monday the 9th the first turf will be cut at the site for the building of the Wing, the new education centre/cafe/etc.
I will post more as and when I have the details, I hope to be there, cameras in hand, if my healh allows.........see you there!Phil Wyborn - Brown at www.wybornphotography.co.uk - Brian Dixon
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5 September 2013 14:36243539typical,being held on a sunday with sunday bus services.otherwise I would have gone to the event. - 5 September 2013 18:26243570Superb photos Phil. I notice that one of the Hurris has a rare night fighter configuration with the anti-dazzle screen between the cockpit and exhausts. I didn't know any of these were still airworthy. The leading aircraft in the bottom photo, a Mk II I believe.
- 5 September 2013 19:23243573buses run from pencester at 02 and 32 minutes after the hour on sundays brian, i don't know how that would link up with the aycliffe service.
- Brian Dixon
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5 September 2013 19:34243575not very well howard,once an hour on sundays,and that's half past the hour if they run on time. - 11 September 2013 21:03244374the ongoing work at the memorial was covered by bbc south east the other evening.
- 15 September 2013 08:58244771reminder of the service starting at 11 am.
- 15 September 2013 15:05244812a few from this morning.
- 15 September 2013 15:29244818a few more.
- Brian Dixon
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15 September 2013 16:32244825but did we have a fly past by the spitfire and hurricane. - 15 September 2013 17:53244831not sure brian, i couldn't stay long enough - there was a flypast of 3 aircraft before he start but couldn't make out what they were.
- 15 September 2013 19:02244839all a bit low key this morning, usually a much bigger turnout.
always some interesting jam jars there though.
for the peckish snacks were available.
- 1 October 2013 17:51246620these photos of a spitfire and a hurricane were taken on the day by phil smith from outside south foreland lighthouse.
