Official Club calendar 2024 – August photo

During 2024 we are presenting the image from the Club calendar in the newsletter for that month, with some details about the picture, including when and where the photo was taken. This month we feature the superb picture taken by Club member Chris Booth of the iconic BBMF Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire three-ship formation, which we used for August.

Victoria Cross for Lancaster pilot Squadron Leader Ian Bazalgette – August 1944

Header main image: ‘Beyond Praise’ – Bazalgette’s blazing Lancaster ND811, ‘F2-T’, with only one engine still running, skims the village of Senantes, France, before crashing on 4th August 1944. (Artwork: Len Krenzler)

Eighty years ago this month, in August 1944, an incredible and selfless act of supreme gallantry by Lancaster Pathfinder pilot Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby “Baz” Bazalgette resulted in the subsequent award to him of a posthumous Victoria Cross (VC).

Special BBMF tribute to Sqn Ldr Mark Long

Header image: BBMF Spitfire Mk XVI TE311 outside the BBMF hangar with its new tribute markings on its starboard side. (Photo: Andy Preece)

Many readers will have seen the news on social media that BBMF Spitfire Mk XVI TE311 has had new code letters painted on its starboard side as a special tribute to Squadron Leader Mark Long, who tragically lost his life on 25th May when Spitfire Mk IX MK356 crashed shortly after take-off from RAF Coningsby.

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