PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak will lead tributes commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day at major events in Portsmouth and Normandy next month, including a large-scale parachute re-enactment and flypasts by the Red Arrows.
In Normandy, where the landings took place on June 6 1944, hundreds of Armed Forces personnel will parachute into a historic D-Day drop zone in a recreation of the region's airborne liberation.
Hundreds of schoolchildren from Plymouth will meet D-Day veterans on June 3 before a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast later in the day, which veterans will watch from Southwick House - the allies' headquarters on D-Day.
Some will then set sail from Portsmouth across the Channel ahead of events on June 5 and 6, mirroring their pivotal journey 80 years ago, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Thursday.
The national commemorative event in Portsmouth will feature testimonies from veterans and military personnel, as well as musical performances by a 79-piece military orchestra.
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