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Spitfire’s Battle of Britain Kenley fly-past booked for Aug 16
One of the real spectacles of the year, a fly-past of a Battle of Britain fighter aircraft, will this year be taking place – weather and good fortune permitting – over Kenley airfield on Sunday August 16, at 1pm. A … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, History, KENDRA, Kenley, Kenley Airfield Friends Group
Tagged August 18 1940, Bristol Blenheim, Douglas Bader, Hawker Hurricane, KENDRA, Kenley, Kenley Revival, RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Kenley, RAFBBMF, Spitfire, Supermarine Spitfire, The Hardest Day
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Spitfire and Hurricane in Battle of Britain flypast at Kenley
There is to be a flypast at Kenley airfield this Sunday, August 20, by a Spitfire and Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight to commemorate “The Hardest Day”. While September 15 is widely considered to have been the … Continue reading
War-time Spitfire to pay tribute to Kenley airfield
The people of Kenley and surrounding neighbourhoods will have a treat around 3.30pm today, when a World War II Spitfire does a fly past over the former RAF base. From 1940, this part of London was the frontline in the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, History, Kenley
Tagged Battle of Britain, Croydon, London, Luftwaffe, Rolls Royce Merlin, Royal Air Force, Supermarine Spitfire, World War II
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