Where and when to watch Lancaster bomber flypast marking 80th anniversary of Dambusters raids
A Lancaster bomber will be flying a special route over all of Lincolnshire's Bomber Command bases to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the daring Dambusters Raid.
In honour of the audacious mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) aircraft will fly over 28 wartime RAF airfields on the evening of 16 May.
Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire on the night of 16-17 May 1943 to destroy dams in Nazi Germany's industrial heartland and cut off vital supplies in the Ruhr Valley.
Two dams were destroyed during the Dambusters Raid, using Sir Barnes Wallis' revolutionary bouncing bombs, while another was damaged.
Despite the success of the mission, there were some heavy losses, with eight of the 19 bombers involved shot down and 53 airmen killed.
Timings for the Lincolnshire flypast are:
Spitalgate NG31 9EW - 18:58 BST
Fulbeck NG32 3JE - 19:02
Swinderby LN6 9US - 19:04
RAF Waddington LN5 9NB - 19:07
Lincoln IBCC LN4 2HQ - 19:08
Skellingthorpe LN6 0HX - 19:12
Scampton LN1 2TH - 19:15
Dunholme LN2 3QF - 19:16
Wickenby LN3 5AX - 19:18
Faldingworth LN8 3NW - 19:19
Ingham DN21 5BU - 19:21
Hemswell Cliff DN21 5TY - 19:22
Blyton DN21 3PE - 19:24
Elsham Wolds DN20 0NT - 19:30
Kirmington DN39 6YH/DN39 6YW - 19:31
North Killingholme DN40 3JL - 19:32
Grimsby DN36 4RX - 19:37
Binbrook LN8 6EG - 19:39
Ludford LN8 6AD - 19:41
Kelstern LN11 0RQ - 19:42
Strubby LN13 0LN - 19:47
Spilsby PE24 5BD - 19:51
East Kirkby PE23 4DE - 19:53
Bardney LN3 5TZ - 19:58
Fiskerton LN3 4EZ - 20:00
Metheringham LN4 3RD - 20:03
Woodhall Spa LN10 6QG - 20:05
RAF Coningsby LN4 4SY - 20:07
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