A display team set to perform at this year's Cosford Air Show have painted their aircraft in the Spitfire colour scheme and dedicated them to the brave 'few' of the Battle of Britain.

The Tucano Display team have painted all of their aircraft, regardless of squadron, in the famous colours of the aircraft of the Second World War and will entertain the crowds at RAF Cosford on June 13.

The 2010 display pilot Tom Bould is from 72 (R) Sqn and the two aircraft he will display in are painted to represent the Spitfires of two men who were very successful Battle of Britain pilots and who both subsequently commanded 72 Sqn later in the war.

He said: "The two pilots were Group Captain Robert Wardlow Oxspring and Group Captain Charles Brian Fabris Kingscombe.

"Robert 'Bobby' Oxspring joined the RAF in 1938 and became a fighter pilot as his father had been during the First World War. He saw distinguished active service throughout the Battle of Britain with his father's old unit 66 Sqn.

"Brian Kingcombe joined the RAF in 1936 and despite being seriously injured in a car crash while at RAF College, he qualified as a pilot in 1938. He saw combat over Dunkirk in May 1940 and in the latter stages of the Battle of Britain, during which he was shot down and again seriously injured."

Tickets for the show are available at local branch offices of the Shropshire Star, the Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford, Tourist Information Centres in Birmingham (Rotunda), Stafford (Gatehouse Theatre) and Stoke (Victoria Hall), the special air show ticket line on 0871 230 1083, and an internet booking service at www.seetickets.com. (Special Events; Air Shows; RAF Cosford).

Tickets are also available from Midland branches of the Mid Counties Co-Operative Society.