Rain prevented many aircraft from reaching the Abingdon Fayre 01.

But six made it, including a Second World War Spitfire and a new Merlin helicopter from RAF Benson.

The planes gave impressive displays for a crowd of between 1,000 and 2,000 at the old Abingdon airfield, now Dalton Barracks, on Sunday.

Caption goes hereShow co-ordinator, Neil Porter, said: "The heavy rain during Sunday morning meant a lot of pilots phoned in to say they could not get away from their bases."

The show was the second run by a committee of enthusiasts in aid of the Douglas House Hospice in Oxford and Abingdon Hospital.

Mr Porter added: "We are planning another one next year and just hope for better weather."