Spitfire TE311 by Darren Harbar

BBMF Spitfire TE311 is 80

Header image: BBMF Spitfire Mk XVI TE311 in its current 322 (Dutch) Sqn colour scheme. (Photo: Darren Harbar)

BBMF Spitfire Mk XVI TE311 was taken on charge by the Air Ministry on 8th June 1945, exactly one month after VE Day. So this special Spitfire is now 80 years old.

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Lancaster PA474 80th ‘birthday’ at Hawarden

Header image: BBMF Lancaster PA474 returned to its ‘birthplace’ at Hawarden on 30th-31st May for its 80th ‘birthday’, where it met an Airbus A330 ‘Beluga’ XL Super Transporter (and look at the smile on the Beluga’s face!). (Photo: Cheshire and Merseyside Military Vehicle Trust)

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