Battle of Britain flight enthrals the crowds at Ironbridge second world war event

Not one but two flypasts were the highlights of the Ironbridge World War Two weekend.

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The Ironbridge World War Two Weekend. A flypast by a second world war Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane greeted by flag waving on the famous Ironbridge. Picture: Dave Bagnall

Organisers pulled some serious strings to get the Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane Battle of Britain flypast for nothing on Saturday.

And the Spitfire and Hurricane fighters flew over Dale End Park on the Sunday too, just to cap off a weekend of reenactment of the 1940s.

The Ironbridge World War Two Weekend. Sisters dressed in 1940s style walking over the world's first Ironbridge. Picture: Dave Bagnall

"We've never had the Lancaster bomber, Spitfire and Hurricane in 10 years of the weekend," said Ironbridge World War Two committee chairman Paul Bull.

"It usually costs £10,000 to get the three together but as they were flying over to Liverpool on Saturday we persuaded them to pay Ironbridge a visit."