RESTRICTIONS placed on airshows in the aftermath of the Shoreham disaster will not stop a North Yorkshire event going ahead.

The 30th Annual International Commemoration Day, in Elvington, will still take place as planned on September, despite the Civil Aviation Authority grounding some displays.

Those involving vintage aircraft have come under significant restrictions in the wake of Saturday’s Hawker Hunter crash at the Shoreham Airshow.

The 1950s ex-RAF jet was performing an aerial loop when it fell from the sky and burst into flames on the busy A27, killing an estimated 11 people.

The plane’s pilot, Andrew Hill, who trained at RAF Linton, near, York is fighting for his life and has been put in a medically induced coma.

The Elvington airshow, which features displays from a Spitfire, the Avro Vulcan XH558, the Second World War Douglas Dakota and the 1947 De Havilland Devon twin prop VIP Transport known to have carried Lord Mountbatten, have been allowed to take place because they are not “high energy” performances, according to The Allied Air Forces Memorial and Yorkshire Air Museum organisers.

A host of high-ranking military officials from across the world are expected to attend on the day, including the Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford.

The ceremony commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the 70th Anniversary of the return of Elvington’s famous French Bomber Command Squadron’s to France to form the nation’s post war air force.

The main focus of the ceremony will be the parade, led by the Yorkshire Band of the Royal British Legion with Corps of Drums and made up of cadets, serving RAF personnel and members of the Royal Air Force Association and Royal British Legion.

The service, which will be held in the setting of the main display hangar, with the backdrop of the wartime Halifax bomber, will be led by Honorary Chaplain the Revd. Charles “Taff” Morgan, assisted by the Revd.

Squadron Leader Michael Chatfield from the Royal Air Force Chaplaincy, currently based at RAF Leeming.

Tickets are £10 for adults, £8 for concessions and £5 for children. A family ticket is £26.