The 22nd Teesdale Aviation Day service was held at the memorial gardens in Galgate on Friday as the prelude to the town’s 1940s weekend.
The RAF was represented by Warrant Officer Simon Fellows, from RAF Leeming, making his first visit to the event.
Other organisations present included the Royal Air Forces Association and Barnard Castle School’s Combined Cadet Force.
The service was led by Revd Canon Alec Harding who told those present: “We are gathered together to remember those men and women who lost their lives whilst serving with the Royal Air Force and Air Transport Auxiliary.
“On the eve of Armed Forces Day, this 22nd Teesdale Aviation Day offers a chance to show our support and solute our forces for all they do”.
He added: “Let us pray for the peace of the world; for those who hold office of state and all rulers that they may have the wisdom to know and the courage to do what is right.”
Tony Galley, who along with former town councillor John Yarker founded the Aviation Day service, said he wished to pay tribute to a long time supporter of the event, Carmel Connolly, from Spennymoor, who had died earlier this year aged 105.
“She attended from the start and continued to come until just a few years ago,” he said.
After wreaths were laid, the Last Post was played by Andrew Nicholson.
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