Spectacular D-day drone display lights up Portsmouth sky. In the clip, the drones came together to form a Spitfire above the D-day service, which commemorates the 80th anniversary of the D-day landings.
Last night's extraordinary D-Day 80th anniversary drone display above Portsmouth thrilled crowds as a giant Spitfire and battleship appeared in the skies.The spectacular displays were broadcast on a BBC special programme which left viewers emotional as it marked 80 years since the Allied forced began the liberation of Europe.
Each of the 4,600 headstones of those that fell were be individually illuminated across Bayeux War Cemetery. A third said: 'It was so lovely to hear my late grandfathers voice during the wonderful drone display at the end of this evening's BBC D-Day80 Tribute to the Fallen from Normandy and Portsmouth. He never forgot the comrades who never came home.'
One posted: 'Beautiful drone light show to round off a fantastic day, remembering D-Day 80 years on. Today's technology is just incredible' Mr Bateman, who served on the warship HMS Erebus, described how you could 'walk across the Channel' because there were so many boats involved in the invasion.
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