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Where to see and hear a Spitfire today

Flying Spitfires, museum Spitfires, and the 90th anniversary in 2026. Things here change, so each fact shows the date we checked it.

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, flies five Spitfires, two Hurricanes, a Lancaster, a C-47 Dakota and two Chipmunks. RAF: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight · checked 29 Oct 2026 BBMF aircraft can regularly be seen over the UK from May to September each year. RAF: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight · checked 29 Oct 2026

The flight was founded on 11 July 1957 at RAF Biggin Hill as the Historic Aircraft Flight, with three PR Mk XIX Spitfires and the RAF’s last airworthy Hurricane, LF363. RAF: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Its motto is ‘Lest We Forget’. RAF: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

BBMF Spitfire Mk Vb AB910 flew again on 28 January 2026 after more than two years of major maintenance, now in the markings it wore on D-Day with 402 (City of Winnipeg) Squadron RCAF. RAF BBMF: Spitfire AB910 flies again (23 Feb 2026) · checked 29 Oct 2026 PR Mk XIX PM631 flew again on 3 October 2024 after a three-year major overhaul, repainted in the all-over PR Blue it wore at the flight’s founding in 1957. RAF BBMF: Spitfire PR Mk XIX PM631 flies again (14 Oct 2024) · checked 29 Oct 2026

An older RAF Battle of Britain page still says the BBMF operates six Spitfires and two Hurricanes. RAF: Battle of Britain anniversary · checked 29 Oct 2026

Only 12 airworthy Hurricanes are left in the world, out of 14,533 built. RAF: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight · checked 29 Oct 2026

The 90th anniversary, 2026

To mark the 90th anniversary, a civilian-owned two-seat Spitfire painted as K5054 made nine flights around the UK between 7 and 17 April 2026, raising money for the Mark Long Trust and the RAF Benevolent Fund. RAF News: Spitfire flights mark 90th anniversary of first flight (5 Mar 2026) The tour began and ended at Southampton Airport, calling at RAF Coningsby, RAF Leuchars, RAF Lossiemouth, Glasgow Prestwick, RAF Valley, MOD St Athan, RAF St Mawgan and Exeter. RAF News: Spitfire flights mark 90th anniversary of first flight (5 Mar 2026)

The Mark Long Trust gives disabled people opportunities to fly, in memory of Squadron Leader Mark Long, who died in a Spitfire accident. RAF News: Spitfire flights mark 90th anniversary of first flight (5 Mar 2026)

Museums

IWM says there are probably more Spitfires gathered at Duxford than anywhere else in the world, from early Mk Is to the last Mk 24. IWM: The evolution of the Supermarine Spitfire (video transcript) · checked 29 Oct 2026 IWM Duxford’s Mk I N3200 is the only airworthy aircraft in IWM’s own collection. IWM: The evolution of the Supermarine Spitfire (video transcript) · checked 29 Oct 2026

P7350 is the last Spitfire still flying that fought in the Battle of Britain. RAF News: RAF Digby marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain · checked 29 Oct 2026

The Shuttleworth Collection near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, owns Mk Vc G-AWII, built by Westland at Yeovil and flown by No. 310 (Czech) Squadron from 1942. Shuttleworth Collection: Supermarine Spitfire Vc · checked 29 Oct 2026

The Smithsonian’s HF Mk VIIc is on display in the World War II Aviation exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Supermarine Spitfire HF. Mk. VIIc · checked 29 Oct 2026 That Mk VII went to the US Army Air Forces in 1943 for evaluation and passed to the museum in 1949. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Supermarine Spitfire HF. Mk. VIIc

The National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio shows a Mk Vc in its World War II Gallery. National Museum of the US Air Force: Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Vc · checked 29 Oct 2026 The Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa shows L.F. Mk IX NH188 in its Second World War exhibition. Ingenium, Canada Aviation and Space Museum: Supermarine Spitfire L.F. Mk. IX · checked 29 Oct 2026

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