WWII planes to honour 'The Few'
One of the highlights of this year’s Vintage Motor Cycle Club Festival of Jurby will be a display by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
It will commemorate all those who have lost their lives serving in the Royal Air Force and its predecessor the Royal Flying Corps.
The BBMF is a regular RAF unit, manned by service personnel and funded by the Ministry of Defence.
At 1pm on Sunday, the skies over Jurby will roar to the sound of a Hurricane, a Spitfire and a Lancaster bomber in remembrance of ‘The Few’, who defended British skies during the summer of 1940.
The Lancaster is one of only two left flying in the world.
The Spitfire and Hurricane single-seater fighters were at the forefront of the Battle of Britain.
The festival, run by the Isle of Man chapter of the VMCC, is part of the Classic TT and is one of the biggest meetings in the organisation’s annual calendar as well as being the biggest annual one-day event on the Island.
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