A GALA dinner to raise funds for veterans is set to take off the night before this year’s Clacton Airshow.
The event will help raise funds for the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA).
Tendring Council, which runs the airshow, said the dinner will mark 100 years since the end of the First World War – and the centenary year of the RAF.
The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, with a Lancaster bomber and two Spitfires, will lead the commemorations during the airshow on August 23 and 24.
Council tourism boss Mick Skeels said it was fitting that this year’s airshow paid tribute to the RAF.
“Flights from the RAF are always the most popular at the Clacton Airshow, and it is easy to see why,” he said.
“But in this centenary year it is even more poignant to see the Lancaster and Spitfire, and to celebrate their contribution to our national defence and liberty in conflicts past and present.”
Tickets for the gala dinner, which takes place on Clacton seafront on August 22, cost £25 and include a two-course meal, welcome drink and live music. To book call 01206 827883.
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