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Friday 8 May marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day , otherwise known as Victory in Europe Day.
VE Day commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany to the allied forces in the Second World War, signalling an end to six years of hardship and battle.
As part of today’s celebrations, the Red Arrows will be performing a ceremonial flypast over London.
The Red Arrows are officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team.
What time is the Red Arrows flypast taking place for VE Day? The Red Arrows flypast reportedly departed from their base at RAF Scampton at 9.37am.
The flypast then travelled down the east coast of England before heading to London.
When in the capital, the Red Arrows are due to fly over Westminster at 10.10am, before returning to base at 10.33am.
The Care For Veterans website states that a Spitfire flypast is due to pass over Worthing's Care Home for Veterans at 1.20pm.
The RAF Typhoons are also due to appear over Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast.
How can I watch? If you miss the flypast when it is actually taking place, you will be able to catch up with the coverage later on in the day.
The Red Arrows flypast will be broadcast on the BBC at 3pm as part of its VE Day coverage.
Show all 25 1 /25VE Day celebrations: In pictures VE Day celebrations: In pictures VE (Victory in Europe) Day in London, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe. A teenage Princess Elizabeth danced in jubilation on VE Day after slipping into the crowds unnoticed outside Buckingham Palace. PA Photo. Issue date: Wednesday April 29, 2020. The future Queen, then just 19, and her sister Princess Margaret, 14, joined thousands of revellers as they gathered in front of the royal residence on May 8 1945
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures VE (Victory in Europe) Day celebrations in the East End of London, marking the end of the war in Europe. A teenage Princess Elizabeth danced in jubilation on VE Day after slipping into the crowds unnoticed outside Buckingham Palace
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures huge crowds at Mansion House, with the Lord Mayor of London on the balcony, celebrating VE (Victory in Europe) Day in London, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe, 75 years ago
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures British men, women and children in the street celebrating VE (Victory in Europe) Day in London, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe, 75 years ago
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures huge crowds at Trafalgar Square, London, celebrating VE (Victory in Europe) Day in London, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe, 75 years ago
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures Trafalgar Square, London, celebrating VE (Victory in Europe) Day in London, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe, 75 years ago.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures Huge crowds at Whitehall, London, celebrating VE (Victory in Europe) Day in London, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe, 75 years ago.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, standing in a tank, leaving Regent's Park with other service chiefs at the head of a mechanised column on its triumphal drive around London celebrating VE (Victory in Europe) Day in London, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures Bank of England staff on fire-watch looking out over Threadneedle Street. For the Bank of England VE-Day brought to an end an extraordinary effort to protect its crucial work. Adhering to the wartime spirit of 'business as usual', as many as 1,000 staff at a time in Threadneedle Street had been working two or three days in a row, sleeping overnight in the vast vaults. Those still in London would do a full day's work and then go up on the roof of the building to watch for fires started by falling bombs.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures Sir Winston Churchill leaving the Houses of Parliament in London on victory day celebrations marking the end of the Second World War in Europe, now 75 years ago
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures A parish priest waves a newspaper with news of Germany's unconditional surrender to elated pupils of a Roman Catholic parochial school in Chicago.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures A group of six young women wearing party hats prepare to celebrate Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) to mark the end of European conflict in World War II, in Trafalgar Square, London, 8th May 1945.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures Jubilant Londoners dancing in Piccadilly Circus on VE Day, 8th May 1945. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1991 - This Was VE Day In London - pub. 19th May 1945
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures Mrs Pat Burgess of Palmer's Green, north London is thrilled to get the news that her husband will soon be home for good from Germany, 7th May 1945.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures 8th May 1945: A van load of beer passing through Piccadilly Circus on VE Day. The statue of Eros, protected during the war by advertising hoardings, can be seen in the background.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures 8th May 1945: A group of ATS and American soldiers celebrate VE Day in Trafalgar Square
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures 8th May 1945: A victory street party near Clapham Common, London to celebrate Victory in Europe.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures 8th May 1945: A group of London girls waving flags in front of the staue of Queen Victoria outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures 8th May 1945: Canadian sailors resting in the park during celebrations in London on VE Day.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures 8th May 1945: Three girls join in the VE Day celebrations in Downing Street, London.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures Ecstatic crowds celebrating VE Day in London's Piccadilly, at the end of World War II, 8th May 1945. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1991 - This Was VE Day in London - pub. 1945
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures VE day, held to commemorate the official end of World War II in Europe, is celebrated by crowds at Trafalgar Square in London, 8th May 1945.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures Children sit down to a victory party at a V-shaped table, given by residents at Kentwell Close, Brockley in south London.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) , driving through Trafalgar Square in a service vehicle during the VE Day celebrations in London, 8th May 1945.
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VE Day celebrations: In pictures An RAF officer, two members of the Women's Royal Airforce and a civilian celebrate the news of victory in London's Whitehall.
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The Queen is due to deliver a special televised address to mark the 75th anniversary of victory in Europe.
The royal’s speech will be broadcast on BBC One at 9pm, the same time her father, King George VI, delivered a radio address announcing Nazi Germany’s surrender in 1945.
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