Red arrows flypast honours fallen VJ Day heroes on 80th anniversary
Watch VJ Day heroes honoured with Red Arrows flypast on 80th anniversary
- A Red Arrows flypast honoured fallen VJ Day heroes at an 80th anniversary memorial service in Staffordshire on Friday, 15 August 2025.
- The RAF jet pilots performed their signature display with red, white, and blue smoke after a two-minute silence led by King Charles and Queen Camilla.
- The ceremony was attended by 33 veterans, aged between 95 and 105, who served in Asia and the Pacific during the Second World War.
- VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day, is commemorated annually on 15 August, marking Japan's surrender to Allied forces and the end of the Second World War in 1945.
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