AIR Force veterans gathered yesterday for an emotional Battle of Britain commemoration.

The annual event at the Yorkshire Air Museum, at Elvington, near York, was staged in partnership with the Royal Air Force Association.

Highlights included a service in the museum's memorial hangar, a parade featuring many regional standards and music from the Band of the Royal Air Force College.

A Hurricane, Spitfire and Lancaster of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight also performed a flypast.