Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Lancaster crew prepares for history sortie to mark Dambusters’ anniversary

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is readying itself to mark the 80th anniversary of the Dambusters Raid which took place in on the night of 16th-17th May 1943.

The event, on May 16th, is planned to involve the BBMF’s iconic Lancaster bomber, based at RAF Coningsby, flying an extensive and tightly-scheduled two-hour sortie over Lincolnshire’s Bomber Command airfields. BBMF Operations Officer Flight Lieutenant Croft said: “We are working hard to produce an achievable plan that allows us to showcase the Lancaster, commemorate the unsung heroes of Bomber Command and also incorporate the tasking we already had for the evening of 16th May.”

He added that the Lancaster sortie for that evening included far more flypast locations than would normally be planned in a single flight, and was subject to appropriate visibility and favourable weather.

The route over Lincolnshire includes:

  • Spitalgate – 6:58pm
  • Fulbeck – 7:02pm
  • Swinderby – 7:04pm
  • RAF Waddington – 7:07pm
  • International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln – 7:08pm
  • Skellingthorpe  – 7:12pm
  • Scampton – 7:15pm
  • Dunholme – 7:16pm
  • Wickenby – 7:18pm
  • Faldingworth – 7:19pm
  • Ingham – 7:21pm
  • Hemswell Cliff – 7:22pm
  • Blyton – 7:24pm
  • Elsham Wolds – 7.30pm
  • Kirmington – 7.31pm
  • North Killingholme – 7.32pm
  • Grimsby – 7.37pm
  • Binbrook – 7.39pm
  • Ludford – 7.41pm
  • Kelstern – 7.42pm
  • Strubby – 7.47pm
  • Spilsby – 7.51pm
  • East Kirkby – 7.53pm
  • Bardney – 7.58pm
  • Fiskerton – 8pm
  • Metheringham – 8.03pm
  • Woodall Spa – 8.05pm
  • RAF Coningsby – 8.07pm

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