VE Day 80 flypast: Spitfire and Hurricane flypast to take place in Nottinghamshire - exact location and times

A Spitfire and Hurricane flypast will take place in a Nottinghamshire town on Thursday, May 8, to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will perform a flypast at Sutton Lawn in Sutton-in-Ashfield as part of an afternoon of activities.

It will see a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane in full flight and treat the community of Sutton-in-Ashfield at 4.59pm.

On the ground Sutton Lawn will host a wartime celebration VE Day 80 Peace Party event that will see displays of wartime vehicles and exhibits, local schools performing classic songs and dance, school games and even a Churchill speech and audience participation.

The VE Day 80 Peace Party celebration is being organised by Sutton in Ashfield based college, Academy Transformation Trust Further Education with the kind assistance from Ashfield District Council and looks to be one of only a few across the country having the of honour of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight that will be travelling from celebrations earlier during the day in London.

Liz Barrett OBE DL, Principal at the College said, “We are so lucky to be getting the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast at the event and are so looking forward to the local community getting together to celebrate this wonderful occasion.”

Over the Country, the 80th anniversary of VE Day will see families and communities come together to unite and celebrate 80 years of peace since the end of World War II in Europe that so many millions paid the ultimate sacrifice to achieve.