Trustee Andy Simpson has again found a variety of interesting presenters to brighten up Sunday afternoons as we make our way out of the winter gloom.
This year’s talks, which all start at 2.30pm and take place in the Geoffrey Page Centre in The Wing at Capel-le-Ferne, will get off to a flying start with a presentation on Sunday 19 February by Ray Bushell, Operations Manager, with Biggin Hill-based Fly a Spitfire.
Ray’s presentation will include a general history of RAF Biggin Hill from its original concept as an airfield in 1917 through to the end of hostilities in 1945. He will talk briefly about two significant squadrons that served at Biggin Hill and give a general overview of the workings at the Heritage Hanger, which include aircraft restoration and passenger flights.
Ray’s talk will be followed on Sunday 26 February by a talk by Air Marshal Black Robertson CBE FRAeS FRSA RAF (rtd) entitled Reflections on the Battle of Britain. [continues after picture]
