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Header Image: The RAF BBMF three-ship formation of a Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire overflying the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on 15th August 2025. (Photo: Crown copyright)

To mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day the Royal British Legion, in partnership with the Government and the UK Armed Forces, hosted 33 Second World War veterans as guests of honour at a Service of Remembrance at the base of the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on Friday 15th August.

This month, one lucky club member will win a Haynes Manual for the Spitfire. The book would make a great addition to anyone's BBMF collection.

Header Image: Club member Rory Weatherburn won the Spitfire cockpit experience Club ballot prize for March, and took up his prize on 4th August, getting the rare opportunity to sit in the cockpit of BBMF Spitfire Mk XVI TE311 (Photo: Clive Rowley)

Club member Rory Weatherburn from Ancaster, Lincolnshire, was the lucky winner of the March ballot prize, a Spitfire cockpit experience at the BBMF’s home at RAF Coningsby. Rory took up the prize on Monday 4th August, bringing his wife Sue with him to the BBMF hangar.