Sunday 18th September 2022 saw our cadets and staff attend St. Nicholas Church in Little Bowden to commemorate the battle of Britain.

On Sunday 15 September 1940, the Luftwaffe launched its largest and most concentrated attack against London in the hope of drawing out the RAF into a battle of annihilation. Around 1,500 aircraft took part in the air battles which lasted until dusk. The action was the climax of the Battle of Britain. RAF Fighter Command defeated the German raids; the Luftwaffe formations were dispersed by a large cloud base and failed to inflict severe damage on the city of London. In the aftermath of the raid, Hitler postponed Sea Lion. Having been defeated in daylight, the Luftwaffe turned its attention to The Blitz night campaign which lasted until May 1941.

Battle of Britain Day, 15 September, is now an annual commemoration of the battle in the United Kingdom. The commemoration takes place on the closest Sunday of September.

On Sunday 10th July we attended Wing Field Day and all the cadets worked incredibly hard. So a big well done to all those who attended. Especially with the weather being so hot which added an extra challenge.

A special shout-out to Cpl Singer for being IC for both banner and foot drill. As well as, Cpl Kelham for taking on leadership. So an extra massive well done to them both especially as newly promoted cpls!

The members of 1084 (Market Harborough) Squadron Air Cadets recently held the annual Dining in Night. This is a formal dinner during which new members of the unit are formally welcomed and goodbyes are said to those that left during the previous year.

Over 30 members of the squadron met at the Masonic Hall in Market Harborough to enjoy a Three-course meal followed by after-dinner speeches. All uniformed members of the squadron attended in mess dress. For the cadet NCO’s this meant wearing a white shirt and a bow tie, with their uniform trousers or skirt.

An early start for eight of our cadets was warmly welcomed by the Market Harborough branch of the Royal British Legion as we lent a hand to run their fundraising coffee morning at the Harborough Theatre on Saturday 23rd April.

Manning the hand made cards, books and cake stalls proved easy but vital work for the coffee mornings success and many comments made to us (the supervising staff) made us realise how respected and acknowledged we are in our local community.

Well done team, keep it up.