The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight have released details of their MAJOR displays during Display Season 2023. With the Dakota in major servicing for much of the year. the bulk of the displays will feature the Lancaster, Spitfires and Hurricanes. The BBMF will perform at other displays as well with single aircraft as well as conducting hundreds of flypasts.


May

  • 27th – Lanc, Tank and Military Machines, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire
  • 29th – Lanc, Tank and Military Machines, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire

June

  • 2nd-3rd – Midlands Air Festival, Ragley Hall, Warwickshire
  • 3rd-4th – English Riviera Airshow, Paignton, Devon
  • 4th – Around the World Airshow, Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire
  • 11th – RAF Cosford Air Show, Shropshire
  • 17th – Portsmouth Armed Forces Day, Hampshire
  • 18th – North East Lincolnshire Armed Forces Weekend, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
  • 24th – National Armed Forces Day Event, Falmouth, Cornwall
  • 24th – Littlehampton Armed Forces Day, West Sussex
  • 25th – Folkestone Armed Forces Day, Kent

July

  • 1st – Machen Agricultural Show, Monmouthshire, South Wales
  • 1st – Teignmouth Airshow, Devon
  • 1st-2nd – Wales Airshow, Swansea, South Wales
  • 2nd – Battle of Britain Airshow, Headcorn, Kent
  • 8th – F1 British Grand Prix, Silverstone, Northamptonshire
  • 14th-16th – Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire
  • 15th-16th – Flying Legends Airshow, Leeds East Airport, Church Fenton, Yorkshire
  • 21st – Scottish Week, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  • 23rd – Making Waves Festival, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
  • 29th – Old Buckenham Airshow, Norfolk

August

  • 12th – Henley Summer Festival, Oxfordshire
  • 12th-13th – Blackpool Airshow, Lancashire
  • 12th-13th – Whitby Regatta, North Yorkshire
  • 17th-20th – Airbourne, Eastbourne International Airshow, East Sussex
  • 19th – Flying Proms, Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire
  • 20th – Folkestone Air Display, Kent
  • 24th-25th – Clacton Airshow, Essex
  • 25th – Sidmouth Airshow, Devon
  • 26th-27th – Rhyl Air Show, Denbighshire, North Wales
  • 28th – East Kirkby at 80, Lincolnshire
  • 31st – Bournemouth Air Festival, Dorset

September

  • 1st-3rd – Bournemouth Air Festival, Dorset
  • 3rd – Bedfordshire Vintage Airshow, Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire
  • 9th-10th – Southport Airshow, Lancashire
  • 9th – The International Ayr Show – Festival of Flight, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
  • 9th – Largs Viking Festival, Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland
  • 14th – Guernsey Battle of Britain Air Display, Channel Islands
  • 14th – Jersey International Air Display, Channel Islands
  • 16th-17th – Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire
  • 23rd – RAF Bradwell Commemoration Air Display, Essex