Ashes Scattered from a WWII Plane
What could be more iconic than ashes scattered from a classic WW2 aircraft. The airfield based in Bedford in the Midlands is ideally located for the while country.
With a choice of three classic plane it will be a send off to remember...
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire
1941 Vickers Supermarine Spitfire ‘AR501’ Fighter
Cost - £4000
Iconic British WW2 fighter.
Our genuine WW2 Spitfire Mark V served with No 310 (Czech) Squadron based at Duxford and undertook USAAF Bomber escorts including one mission with the famous B-17 flying fortress ‘Memphis Belle’.
This Spitfire has also been involved in several films over its life including ‘Battle of Britain’ and ‘Pearl Harbour’.
20 members of friends or family walk onto a set location on the runway
to watch their loved ones ashes be scattered by air.
Available on-site only.
Subject to weather conditions and aircraft serviceability.
Westland Lysander
1938 Westland Lysander
Cost - £3000
WW2 Army co-operation and Special Operations aircraft.
The Collections ‘Lizzie’ served in Canada as a target tug during part of WW2 before ending up in the Strathallan Collection in Scotland, before finally coming to The Shuttleworth Collection in 1998. Our Lysander is one of two currently airworthy in the UK, and is restored in the Special Duties configuration. It is painted in the scheme of No. 161 RAF Squadron operating clandestine night flying operations into enemy territory from RAF Tempsford and Tangmere between 1942 and 1945.
20 members of friends or family walk onto a set location on the runway
to watch their loved ones ashes be scattered by air.
Available on-site only.
Subject to weather conditions and aircraft serviceability.
Miles Magister
1937 Miles Magister
Cost - £1000
WW2 era monoplane trainer.
The Miles Magister was a wooden monoplane trainer developed for the RAF. The Collections’ example was built in 1939 and entered service as serial number P6382, and it is one of only 4 airworthy examples of the type remaining in the UK.
20 members of friends or family walk onto a set location on the runway
to watch their loved ones ashes be scattered by air.
Available on-site only.
Subject to weather conditions and aircraft serviceability.
Sea Hurricane
1941 Hawker Sea Hurricane 1b
Cost - £3000
20 members of friends or family walk onto a set location on the runway
to watch their loved ones ashes be scattered by air.
Available on-site only.
Subject to weather conditions and aircraft serviceability.
Bristol F2.b
1917 Bristol F.2b
Cost - £3500
20 members of friends or family walk onto a set location on the runway
to watch their loved ones ashes be scattered by air.
Available on-site only.
Subject to weather conditions and aircraft serviceability.
Hi Richard,
What other options do you have for ashes drops?
Many Thanks
Chris
Hi Chris
Here you go … https://scattering-ashes.co.uk/sky-ceremonies-ashes/
Kind regards
Richard
Hi, I just thought it would be worth enquiring to see if there had been any update on this option? Many thanks,
Hi Jill
Sorry not at the moment.
Regards
Richard
we just recently lost our brother he was a rock ape he would have love to ride in the plane he loved the spitfire
I know that things are bad at the moment it might have to be Catterick garrison then if we get permission
Hi Andrew
I am sorry to hear your news, I am afraid we don’t know when the Spitfire will be available again – very sorry.
Regards
Richard
Hi, do you have any idea when your service will be up abs running again please? We would love to scatter my Fargers ashes from one of your planes.
Many thanks
Gemma
07803 254723
This service has been postpone for at least a year. Sorry. We do have alternative plane services click here
Hi there we are looking to scatter my dads ashes and wondered if you could give me
A call to help organise this and provide a quote.
Vicky they are not doing ashes trips for the foreseeable future. This is the best alternative – Biplane
Hello, please could you tell me if there is any planes in Kent that are offering the ash scattering services? We lost my grandad at the beginning of the pandemic and he was is the RAF and a huge aeroplane enthusiast. We would like to honour his last wish. We have no plane type specifics so would appreciate any aeroplane and pilot that is able to do this in Kent. Many thanks in advance
Hi Natalie
Not for the foreseeable I suspect. We do have options that are not in Kent, or you could speak to Biggin Hill Airfield directly to see if they can assist.
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