Red Arrows set to fly over Suffolk as part of a historic flypast for VE Day 80 commemorations
Residents in a Suffolk are set for a glimpse of the Red Arrows as they head to London as part of a historic flypast for the VE day commemorations.
The VE Day 80 flypast will see the elite flying squad and host of World War Two planes fly past Buckingham Palace in a several hundred-mile arc, starting from RAF Waddington, Lancashire, tomorrow.
The planes will then travel out to sea and then inland towards London across south Suffolk and North Essex.
A Voyager transport aircraft, Typhoon and F-35 fighter jets, as well as a P8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft are taking part in the display.
The flypast will be comprised of six waves, with a Lancaster from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight leading the group.
Wave two will see a Voyager and A400M Atlas, with a C-17 Globemaster in the third. The fourth wave includes a P8 Poseidon MRA1 and two Typhoon FGR4 before the fifth, which features a Rivet Joint and two F-35B Lightnings.
The ninth wave features The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team The Red Arrows.
The flypast will be performed over Buckingham Palace and The Mall in the afternoon.
The list of vicinities for the flypast, through which the planes will travel on route to London, according to www.military-airshows.co.uk, are
RAF Waddington: 1.05pm
West of Martin, Hampshire: 1.07pm
South of Great Hale: 1.09pm
Oversea: 1.18pm to 1.32pm
Woodbridge Airfield: 1.35pm
Colchester: 1.39pm
Woodford: 1.46pm
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: 1.47pm
Buckingham Palace: 1.48pm
Vicinity of Brentford: 1.50pm
East of Mickleham: 1.52pm
Southeast of Beach: 1.58pm
South of Longstock: 2.01pm
Bournemouth EGHH: 2.06pm
The areas and approximate times are:
Area A: North Sea, Suffolk and Norfolk: 10.45am - 1.45pm
Area B: East Suffolk (Saxmundham) and Suffolk (East Bergholt): 12.15pm - 1.10pm
Area C: Suffolk (East Bergholt) and Essex (Colchester):12.20pm - 1.10pm
Area D: Essex (Colchester and Witham): 12.20pm - 1.10pm
Area E: Essex (Witham) and London City: 12.25pm - 1.10pm
Area F: London City and London Heathrow: 12.25pm - 1.10pm
Area G: Buckinghamshire (Denham) and Cheshire (Halton): 12.45pm - 1.25pm
Area H: Cheshire (Halton) and Oxfordshire (Brize): 12.45pm - 1.25pm
Area I: North west London: 12.45pm - 1.25pm
Over 1,300 people, including Armed Forces members, will march to Buckingham Palace from Parliament Square in the London procession.
