Second World War planes fly over Dublin as part of Irish Air Corps Veterans Day

The Royal Air Force ‘Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’ along with the Irish Air Corps aerobatic display team ‘The Silver Swallows’ perform a fly past over Dublin city. (PA)

Two of the Royal Air Force’s Second World War planes have flown over Dublin as part of a Veterans’ Day event for the Irish Air Corps.

Guests and veterans of the Irish Air Corps gathered in the Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel in west Dublin on Friday to mark the event, in the centenary year of the foundation of the Irish Air Corps.