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Event date: 02/06/2018 11:00 - 14:00 Export event
A Spitfire will roar over the city centre on Saturday as part of celebrations as RAF Spadeadam receives the Freedom of Carlisle.
The city council has invited RAF Spadeadam to receive the honour in the centenary year of the Royal Air Force.
A flight of RAF Spadeadam personnel, headed by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force, and accompanied by the Queens Colours, will march off from the castle to the city centre at 11.25am, and at 12noon, the city will be overflown by a Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
The Mayor of Carlisle, the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) Air Cdre J J Attridge, and RAF Spadeadam Station Commander, Wing Commander Tim McAuley, will take the salute, and then inspect the Guard of Honour.
The citation for the freedom will be read out, and then the ceremony to officially hand over the scroll inferring the honour will be presented to the JFACC.
RAF Spadeadam Station Commander, Wing commander Tim McAuley, said: “In the centenary year of the formation of the Royal Air Force, receiving the Freedom of Carlisle is a great honour for Royal Air Force Spadeadam. We have very close links with the community in the region and across the North West, and this event further cements our ongoing relationship. The parade will be a great opportunity to showcase the professionalism of Royal Air Force personnel.”
Anyone wishing to see the parade to the Market Cross is invited to line the route, which departs the castle on to Castle Way, towards West Tower Street and approaches the city centre from Scotch Street.
Castle Way and West Tower Street will be closed for around 10 minutes from around 11.25am on the day of the event to let the parade through the route.
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