A B-17 Flypast, Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk - 27th May 2013

The Thorpe Abbots control tower, restored in 1977

People gather on top of the tower

A Willy's Jeep

A 1940s American pick-up truck

The Stars and Stripes

Fred and Grandad

The scene at Thorpe Abbots

More funky 50s pickups

More people mingle around on the tower

A picnic unfolds

'Old Glory' flaps around in the strong breeze

Eagle Squadron flies over first

Thunderbolt, Mustang, Hurricane and Spitfire

Sally B does a low flypast

The B-17 is right overhead

Sally B heads off

The crowds mill around

We have a look up in the Control Tower museum

Up in the re-built tower

The view from the control tower

The 'conservatory'

A model of a B-17

Fred and Harry on a Jeep - owned by another Fred

Fred and Harry on the Jeep

Fred legs it

Harry's desperate for another go on the jeep

Harry has another sit in the Jeep

Fred comes back

Isobel scoops Harry up

Part of the only remaining taxiway on the airfield

The only remaining bit of runway

A pile of concrete and twisted metal

In Thorpe Abbots, we spot an albino peacock