18 August 1940 - The hardest day of the Battle of Britain

PeterA · **Posted:** Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:57 am

A 75th commemoration at Biggin Hill on 18 August 2015.

16 Spitfires, 1 Seafire and 5 Hurricanes

PeterA

DH82EH · **Posted:** Thu Aug 20, 2015 8:35 am

Thanks for posting those very nice shots Mr. A.
Is there any reason that you mentioned the Hurricanes last :mrgreen:

Andy

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3329

And he didn't even mention the lone RAF-schemed P-51 at all!

PeterA · **Posted:** Thu Aug 20, 2015 10:45 am

Mike wrote:

And he didn't even mention the lone RAF-schemed P-51 at all!

OK then. If I must.

PeterA

dirtysidedown430 · **Joined:** Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:36 pm **Posts:** 336

What no BF 109s

PropsRule · **Posted:** Thu Aug 20, 2015 10:53 am

For some reason, whenever I see a (T) variant Spitfire it really emphasizes the Spitfire's small size with the extra canopy taking up so much space. That's a whole lot of engine hung on the front of not very much airplane! Good times.

I still really like that Seafire's paint scheme, too.

Thanks for taking the time to post the photos. It is the next best thing to being there!

Firebird · **Posted:** Thu Aug 20, 2015 2:39 pm

PeterA wrote:

A 75th commemoration at Biggin Hill on 18 August 2015.

16 Spitfires, 1 Seafire and 5 Hurricanes

Well......if you're going to be picky about differentiating between those boring Spitfire types by quoting the 1 Seafire.....then, technically, it was really...

16 Spitfires, 1 Seafire, 4 Hurricanes & 1 Sea Hurricane :lol:

AG pilot · **Joined:** Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:13 am **Posts:** 551

Those are beautiful photos! Thanks so much for sharing them with us.

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