YEOVILTON
Seventy years ago one of the stars of the first Yeovilton Air Day was the Fairy Firefly, one of which, WB271, seen here, used to regularly display at the Air Day as part of the Historic Flight. Sadly this aircraft was involved in a fatal crash at Duxford in July 2003
This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the annual Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton Air Day, the first of which was held on 6th September 1947. In those days HMS Heron (RNAS Yeovilton) was home to Seafires and Fireflies, both of which were prominent in the flying display. Also displaying that year were the Westland Wyvern, Sea Fury, Sea Hornet, Firebrand, Sea Vampire and Meteor. Oh to have been there and with my digital camera!