It's sad to think that we might never again see one of the BoB recreations which used to take place at Shoreham Air Show. I was present when the Hurricane went into the Downs below Lancing College - perhaps one of the last casualties, albeit indirect, of that conflict. Living nearby I often reflect on the astonishing coincidence of two Hawker aircraft crashing within a couple of hundred yards of each other.
I was fishing the river Arun below Pulborough a couple of weeks ago when a distinctive sound gradually developed. Travelling in a SE direction at fairly low altitude appeared a Hurricane and a Spitfire in close formation. Although I am not old enough to recall WW2 I attended school on Tangmere airfield and never forget what the RAF achieved on behalf of the nation, counter-factual speculation notwithstanding.