On Tuesday 15th September 2009 there was pomp and ceremony in Andover's High Street as the town remembered the Battle of Britain.

On that day, sixty nine years ago the RAF claimed victory in the aerial contest - and the Air Force tied the celebrations in with a farewell to North West Hampshire.

The RAF is now moving out of town so that the Army can take up the space for their new headquarters from the end of this year.

Air Vice Marshall Matt Wiles heads up the force here: "You've got to remember that the Royal Air Force have been here ever since they were formed in 1918 and the army were here with the Royal Flying Corps before that. So the history in the town goes back literally since then.

"We've got a great relationship with the town and I think people here hold us in high regard as do we to them."

The day kicked off with music in the Time Ring and there were also displays, jive dancing and an emotional laying of wreaths at the Cenotaph in St Mary's Churchyard. But the highlight for many was the flypast by the historic VC-10 aircraft which was flown over the High Street by Andover Man Keith brown.

Scroll down for photos from the day:

Squadron Leader Darren Henry, speaking to Andover Sound's Steve Randall

A VC10 aircraft makes a flypast through Andover High Street

Before a jive dancing demonstration...