Around 80 Whanganui people gathered to remember the anniversary of the Battle of Britain on Sunday.
Squadron leader and RNZAF Ohakea Base chaplain Roger Black led the service at St Peters Church in Gonville to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the WWII battle.
The No 9 (City of Wanganui) Squadron, Air Training Corps assisted with the commemoration service and the day was also a celebration of the squadron's formation in 1941.
In the 1940s, the squadron's focus was to train young pilots to join the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
A number of them were deployed overseas during WWII.