Spitfire 70th Anniversary Airshow, Imperial War Museum, Duxford

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Spitfire 70th Anniversary Airshow, Imperial War Museum, Duxford

3rd September 2006

DUXFORD AIRFIELD

Date:
3rd September 2006

Event:
Spitfire 70th Anniversary Airshow

Location:
Imperial War Museum
Duxford
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom

ICAO / IATA Code:
EGSU / QFO

USAAF Station Number:
= 357

Known as:
= Duxford

Google Earth Co-ordinates:
52° 5'26.00"N 0° 8'1.08"E

Opened:
March 1918

Closed:
n/a

Runways:
06/24 = 4931 ft Paved
06/24 = 2887 ft Grass

Related Website Links:

My Duxford Airfield webpage

Control Towers Website - Duxford

Imperial War Museum Duxford

Imperial War Museum

Boeing B-17G ‘Sally B’

The Catalina Society

Air Atlantique Classic Flight

Royal Navy Historic Flight

Golden Apple Operations

The Grace Spitfire

The Aircraft Restoration Company

The Old Flying Machine Company

The Fighter Collection

English Electric Canberra

Supermarine Spitfire

Notes:
The sight of one Spitfire is something to admire, the sound is amazing, when you see eight Spitfires in the air at the same time is truely amazing. There would have been more had it not have been for the weather conditions around the country. Infact it was very blustery at Duxford and at one point it looked to be too windy for the Spitfires that we had to fly. Thankfully the wind calmed down during the day and we were treated to some great flying.

It was quite sad to think that it was the last time I would see Lockheed T-33 Silver Star 3 (G-TBRD) as it was written off in a crash two days after the Airshow, thankfully both pilots were un-harmed.

Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXc (H-8 / MJ271), currently painted as (H-53 / MH424), this aircraft recently arrived from the Avidome at Lelystad for the Aircraft Restoration Company and will be restored to flying condition. The real identity is (H-8 / MJ271).

Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.VB (G-LFVB / EP120) is known as 'City of Winnepeg' and is credited with six 'Kills'. The aircraft served as the Gate Guard for a number of years at RAF Wattisham in Suffolk.

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Sally B' (G-BEDF) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 'Sally B' (G-BEDF) #02 - 3rd September 2006	British Aerospace Hawk T.1A (XX284) - 3rd September 2006
Canadian Vickers Canso PBY-5A Catalina (G-PBYA) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Canadian Vickers Canso PBY-5A Catalina (G-PBYA) #02 - 3rd September 2006	Canadian Vickers Canso PBY-5A Catalina (G-PBYA) #03 - 3rd September 2006
Canadian Vickers Canso PBY-5A Catalina (G-PBYA) #04 - 3rd September 2006	De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 (G-BARS / 1377) - 3rd September 2006	Douglas DC-3C-R-1830-90C (G-AMRA) #01 - 3rd September 2006
Douglas DC-3C-R-1830-90C (G-AMRA) #02 - 3rd September 2006	Douglas DC-3C-R-1830-90C (G-AMRA) #03 - 3rd September 2006	Douglas DC-3C-R-1830-90C (G-AMRA) #04 - 3rd September 2006
Douglas DC-3C-R-1830-90C (G-AMRA) #05 - 3rd September 2006	English Electric Canberra B.2/6 (G-BVWC / WK163) - 3rd September 2006	Goodyear FG-1D Corsair (G-FGID / KD345) - 3rd September 2006
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (G-BTCC / 19) - 3rd September 2006	Hawker Hurricane XII (G-HURI / Z5140) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Hawker Hurricane XII (G-HURI / Z5140) #02 - 3rd September 2006
Hawker Hurricane XII (G-HURI / Z5140) #03 - 3rd September 2006	Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 (VR930) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 (VR930) #02 - 3rd September 2006
Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 (VR930) #03 - 3rd September 2006	Hawker Sea Hurricane 1B (G-BKTH / Z7015) - 3rd September 2006	Lockheed T-33 Silver Star 3 (G-TBRD / 21261) #01 - 3rd September 2006
Lockheed T-33 Silver Star 3 (G-TBRD / 21261) #02 - 3rd September 2006	Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIB (G-BTXI / FE695) - 3rd September 2006	North American AT-6 Harvard IV (G-BGPB / 1747) & Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIB (G-BTXI / FE695) - 3rd September 2006
North American AT-6 Harvard IV (G-BGPB / 1747) - 3rd September 2006	North American AT-6D-NT Texan (LN-AMY / 8084) - 3rd September 2006	North American F-86A Sabre (G-SABR / 48-0178 / FU-178) #01 - 3rd September 2006
North American F-86A Sabre (G-SABR / 48-0178 / FU-178) #02 - 3rd September 2006	North American F-86A Sabre (G-SABR / 48-0178 / FU-178) #03 - 3rd September 2006	North American F-86A Sabre (G-SABR / 48-0178 / FU-178) #04 - 3rd September 2006
North American F-86A Sabre (G-SABR / 48-0178 / FU-178) #05 - 3rd September 2006	North American F-86A Sabre (G-SABR / 48-0178 / FU-178) #06 - 3rd September 2006	North American F-86A Sabre (G-SABR / 48-0178 / FU-178) #07 - 3rd September 2006
Panavia Tornado GR.4 (ZA543 / FF) - 3rd September 2006	Shorts Tucano T.1 (ZF243) - 3rd September 2006	Spitfire 70th Aniversary Flypast #01 - 3rd September 2006
Spitfire 70th Aniversary Flypast #02 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Armstrong Spitfire F.XIVe (G-BSKP / RN201) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Armstrong Spitfire F.XIVe (G-BSKP / RN201) #02 - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Armstrong Spitfire F.XIVe (G-BSKP / RN201) #03 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Armstrong Spitfire F.XIVe (G-BSKP / RN201) #04 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Armstrong Spitfire F.XIVe (G-BSKP / RN201) #05 - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Armstrong Spitfire F.XIVe (G-BSKP / RN201) #06 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Armstrong Spitfire F.XIVe (G-BSKP / RN201) #07 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Armstrong Spitfire LF XVIE (G-OXVI / TD248) #01 - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Armstrong Spitfire LF XVIE (G-OXVI / TD248) #02 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Armstrong Spitfire LF XVIE (G-OXVI / TD248) #03 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Armstrong Spitfire LF XVIE (G-OXVI / TD248) #04 - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire FR XVIII (G-BUOS / SM845) - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-BMSB / MJ627) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-BMSB / MJ627) #02 - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-BMSB / MJ627) #03 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-BMSB / MJ627) #04 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-BMSB / MJ627) #05 - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-BMSB / MJ627) #06 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-CCCA / IAC-161) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-CCCA / IAC-161) #02 - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-CCCA / IAC-161) #03 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-CCCA / IAC-161) #04 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-CCCA / IAC-161) #05 - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-CTIX / PT462) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-CTIX / PT462) #02 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-CTIX / PT462) #03 - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-LFIX / ML407) - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IXb (G-ASJV / MH434) - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.IX (G-PMNF / TA805) - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXc (H-8 / MJ271 / H-53 / MH424) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXc (H-8 / MJ271 / H-53 / MH424) #02 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.VB (G-LFVB / EP120) - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVIe (G-BXVI / RW386) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVIe (G-BXVI / RW386) #02 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LFVB (G-MKVB / BM597) #01 - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LFVB (G-MKVB / BM597) #02 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LFVB (G-MKVB / BM597) #03 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI (G-MKXI / PL965 / R) - 3rd September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Vc (G-LFVC / JG891) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Vc (G-LFVC / JG891) #02 - 3rd September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Vc (G-LFVC / JG891) #03 - 3rd September 2006
Westland Supermarine Seafire XVII (G-KASX / SX336) #01 - 3rd September 2006	Westland Supermarine Seafire XVII (G-KASX / SX336) #02 - 3rd September 2006	Yakovlev Yak-50 (G-CBPM / 50) - 3rd September 2006
Yakovlev Yak-50 (G-GYAK) - 3rd September 2006