IWM Duxford Air Shows and Flying Days 2023

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Battle of Britain Airshow Update:

Royal Air Force
Red Arrows – BAE Systems Hawk T1 x 8 (F)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – Supermarine Spitfire (F)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – Hawker Hurricane IIc (F)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – Avro Lancaster B1 (F) (formation with Sally-B)

Warbirds
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina (F) Plane Sailing Catalina Operations
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (F) Sally-B (formation with BBMF Lancaster)
Supermarine Spitfire Ia (F) Imperial War Museums/ARCo
Supermarine Spifire Vc (F) Fighter Aviation Engineering Ltd
Supermarine Spitfire VIII (F) Max Alfa/Aircraft Restoration Company
Supermarine Spitfire IXb (F) Old Flying Machine Company
Supermarine Spitfire IXb (F) Air Leasing Ltd/MH415
Supermarine Spitfire IXT (F) Air Leading Ltd
Supermarine Spitfire IXT (F) Aircraft Restoration Company/PV202
Supermarine Spitfire IXT (F) Aircraft Restoration Company/PT462
Supermarine Spitfire PRXI (F) Aircraft Restoration Company
Supermarine Spitfire XIVc (F) Fighter Aviation Engineering Ltd
Supermarine Spitfire XIVe (F) Aircraft Restoration Company
Supermarine Seafire XVII (S) NavyWings Heritage Flight
Hawker Hurricane I (F) Bygone Aviation Ltd
Hawker Hurricane IIb (F) Hurricane Heritage
Hawker Hurricane I (F) Hurricane Heritage
Hawker Hurricane I (F) Fighter Aviation Engineering Ltd
Hawker Hurricane XII (F) Polish Heritage Flight/Historic Aircraft Collection
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (F) Fighter Aviation Engineering Ltd
North American P-51D Mustang (F) Miss Helen/Aircraft Restoration Company
North American TF-51D Mustang (F) Fighter Aviation Engineering Ltd
Hispano HA1112-M1L Buchon (F) Aircraft Restoration Company
Hispano HA1112-M4K Buchon (F) Air Leasing Ltd
Fairey Swordish (F) NavyWings
Westland Lysander III (F) Aircraft Restoration Company
Hawker Fury II (F) Fighter Aviation Engineering Ltd
Gloster Gladiator II (F) The Fighter Collection
Hawker Nimrod I (F) The Fighter Collection
Curtiss Hawk 75A-1 (F) The Fighter Collection
Curtiss P-36C Hawk (F) The Fighter Collection
Lockheed 12A Electra Junior (F) Fighter Aviation Engieering Ltd

Civilian
Flying Comrades – Yakovlev Yak-18T/Yakovlev Yak-52 x 2 (F)

https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2022/10/pr ... n-airshow/

[Adam]

The Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow will be broadcast live at watch.planestv.com.

Updated flying display list for this weekend:

Show highlights:
- Spitfire formation (x15 Spitfire/Seafire)
- Battle of Britain formation
- Battle of the Atlantic formation (Swordfish and Catalina)
- Heavy bomber formation (B-17 and Lancaster)

Full flying display list:
- Red Arrows - x8 Hawk T.1A
- Flying Komrades - x2 Yak-52 and Yak-18T
- Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane
- Vampire FB.52 "PX-K"
- Spitfire Mk.Ia "N3200"
- Spitfire Mk.Ia "X4650"
- Spitfire Mk.Ia "AR213"
- Spitfire Mk.Vb "BM597"
- Spitfire Mk.Vc "JG891"
- Spitfire Mk.Vc "EE602"
- Spitfire Mk.VIII "MV154"
- Spitfire Mk.IX "MH415"
- Spitfire Mk.IXb "MH434"
- Spitfire T.9 "ML407"
- Spitfire T.9 "PV202"
- Spitfire T.9 "PT462"
- Spitfire PR.XI "PL983"
- Spitfire Mk.XIVe "RN201"
- Seafire Mk.XVII "SX336"
- Hurricane Mk.I "P3717"
- Hurricane Mk.I "R4118"
- Hurricane Mk.I "P2902"
- Hurricane Mk.IIb "BE505"
- HA-112 Buchón "Yellow 10"
- HA-112 Buchón "Red 11"
- B-17G Flying Fortress "Sally B"
- P-51D Mustang "Miss Helen"
- P-51D Mustang "Texas / The Hun Hunter"
- TF-51D Mustang "Contrary Mary"
- P-47D Thunderbolt "Nellie B"
- PBY-5A Catalina "Miss Pick Up"
- Swordfish Mk.I "WS856"
- Anson C.19 "TX176"
- Lysander Mk.IIIa "V9312"
- Lysander Mk.IIIa "V9552"
- Fury FB.II "SR661"
- Gladiator Mk.I "L8032"
- Gladiator Mk.II "N5903"
- Nimrod Mk.I "S1581"
- P-36C Hawk "38-210"
- Hawk 75 "H-75 CI No82"
- L-12A Electra Junior "G-AFTL"
- Fokker DR.1 replica
- SE5a replica

[Adam]

Not actually related to any airshow, but just prior to the Battle of Britain Airshow I visited Duxford on a typical museum day and, by pure chance, saw a wonderful eight-ship display sequence by six Spitfires, one Hurricane and one Mustang. The aircraft performed some close formation passes, followed by a fantastic tailchase.

It wasn't a rehearsal for any specific performance - rather, a general training/just-for-fun exercise while all the aircraft and pilots were in one place. A great example of the magic of Duxford; even on a non airshow day, absolutely anything can happen.

[Flightline Uk]

The announcements for the Duxford Flying Finale have been made:

Warbirds
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina (F) Plane Sailing Catalina Operations
Supermarine Spitfire Ia (F) Imperial War Museums/ARCo
Supermarine Spitfire Ia (F) Comanche Fighters/AR213
Supermarine Spitfire Ia (F) Comanche Fighters/X4650
Supermarine Spitfire PRXIX (F) Rolls Royce Heritage Flight
Hawker Hurricane I (F) Hurricane501
Hawker Hurricane XII (F) Polish Heritage Flight/Historic Aircraft Collection
Bristol Blenheim 1F (F) Aircraft Restoration Company
North American P-51D Mustang (F) Rolls Royce Heritage Flight
Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing (F) Peter Kuypers
North American AT-6D Texan (F) Anglian Warbirds
North American Harvard IV (F) Aircraft Restoration Company
Douglas C-47A Skytrain (F) Aero Legends
Slepcev Storch (F) Last Dogfight Display Team
Piper L4 Grasshopper (S) Last Dogfight Display Team

Civilian
The Titans – American Champion Xtreme Champion & XtremeAir XA42 (F)
Pilots of the Purple Twilight – Schweizer S300C ‘OTTO‘ (F)
Firebirds Aerobatic Team – Vans RV4 x 2 (F)
Mudry CAP232 (F) Diana Britten
Yakovlev Yak-18T (F) Phil Hardisty
Yakovlev Yak-52 (F) Alex Lewton

https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2022/10/pr ... ng-finale/

[Adam]

A lot of changes to the line up for Saturday's airshow.

Flying display additions
- Jet Provost T.5a (Chris Heames)
- F8F Bearcat (The Fighter Collection)
- FM2 Wildcat (The Fighter Collection)
- FG-1D Corsair (The Fighter Collection)
- Avro Tutor (Shuttleworth Collection)
- Miles Magister (Shuttleworth Collection)
- Spitfire Mk.IX TD314 (Aero Legends)
- Fury FB.II (Fighter Aviation Engineering)
- P-47D Thunderbolt (Fighter Aviation Engineering)
- Hurricane Mk.I P2902 (Fighter Aviation Engineering)
- T-6 Harvard, making the Harvard display a 3-ship
- Team Mono (x2 Taylorcraft Mono)
- Fokker DR.1 and RAF SE5a replicas)

Flying display cancellations
- Spitfire Mk.Ia N3200 (IWM)
- Hurricane Mk.I V7497 (Hurricane 501)
- Blenheim 1F (ARCo)
- Firebirds Aerobatic Team (Vans RV-4 x2)

[Adam]

Dramatic skies and chilly weather at Duxford's final show of the year yesterday. The highlight was the finale, a half hour four-ship display by the P-47, Fury, Bearcat and Corsair. After some four-ship formation passes, the quartet broke down into two pairs, which each performed delightful formation aerobatics.


Another notable participant was Fighter Aviation Engineering's newly-restored Tempest, which made its public debut in the static display. It is the world's only airworthy Tempest and it made its first flight less than a week ago.

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The final IWM Duxford Flying Day of 2023 marked the ties between the Cambridgeshire airfield and 19 Squadron, one of the RAF’s most illustrious units. Despite being quite a breezy day, a sell-out crowd enjoyed a very relaxed meander through some early Second World War aviation history in a 90 minute flying display. A full image gallery and review can be found HERE.

































https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2023/08/re ... m-duxford/

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IWM Duxford held its third flying evening over the August Bank Holiday weekend. It has fast become one of my favourites events of the display season presenting a number of Duxford based aircraft as the sun sets over the Cambridgeshire. This year the flying suffered a little due to unserviceability of some aircraft, but the event still enjoyed its own unique relaxed atmosphere and some stunning light. A full image gallery and review can be found HERE.















































https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2023/08/re ... g-evening/

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Mid-September saw IWM Duxford host its second major airshow of the year, the Battle of Britain Airshow. The 2023 edition concentrated on historic aviation with the bulk of displays reflecting aircraft from the First World War through the early part of the Cold War. On top of the iconic massed Spitfire and Hurricane flypast, the flying display was packed with some superb warbird action and a very special signature moment. A full image gallery and review from the second day of the event can be found HERE.

























































































https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2023/10/re ... airshow-2/

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Throughout 2023, Imperial War Museum Duxford has been celebrating 50 Years of airshows at the Cambridgeshire airfield. The ‘Flying Finale’ event fell on Saturday 14th October, 50 years to the day of the very first IWM organised Duxford Air in 1973. Those fifty years have seen the air display circuit change beyond all recognition yet Duxford has remained a keystone venue for UK airshows hosting events and home to some of world’s most important collections of historic aircraft. A full image gallery and review can be found HERE.

















































































https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2023/10/re ... -finale-2/