At 1.45pm on Sunday, 18th August a Spitfire and Hurricane flew over Kenley Airfield to commemorate the 'Hardest Day' on 18th August 1940 when all ten hangars at the airfield were destroyed, along with 12 aircraft, including 10 Hurricanes and the runway was badly cratered. The flypast's pilots were Sqn Ldr Andy Milikin and Wing Commander Paul Godfrey who comes from Kenley.