Latest updates as Europe marks 75 years since the official surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forcesVE Day 75 timetable: what’s happening today in the UKRAF jets to roar over UK to mark 75th anniversaryOnce again a battle-scarred Britain must find a new role in the worldPicture essay: a VE Day party to remember 3.00pm BST People around the country are about to take part in the The Nation’s Toast to the Heroes of World War Two at 3pm. Members of the public are encouraged to stand on their doorstep and raise a glass to those who served. 2.47pm BST The Countess of Wessex joked with a second world war airman about his hangover after VE Day celebrations when they met for a virtual chat. Members of the royal family have been talking to wartime veterans and civilians this week to hear their stories and mark the 75th anniversary of the war ending in Europe. When I joined, I thought the war’s not going to last that long and I’ll never get flying, because the training for a pilot was a good year, so I elected to go for a quicker course on air gunnery. Continue reading…
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