The American Cemetery in Normandy France

The sun rises over the English Channel onto Omaha Beach. 0630 11 July 2024.

A little white dog and his boy Human enjoy a romp on Omaha Beach on a sunny day in Normandy France

A row of white crosses in The American Cemetery in Normandy France

#AYAT we were in #Normandy #France
It was an achingly beautiful week weather-wise as well as heartbreaking. The beaches are so beautiful. It seemed wrong to enjoy them as we remembered the lives lost on them 💔

If you have never been, and get the chance, please go.
#LestWeForget
#DDay80

Award Winners 🏆

@theveteranscharity.bsky.social & our friends at
#RAFStMawgan have won a Silver 🥈 International Corporate Social Responsibility Award from
#TheGreenOrg for our #DDay80 Ribbon of Poppies project!

Huge thanks to #VIVODefenceServices
#GavinJonesLtd #MOD for their support.

As fireworks light the sky, we remember D-Day.
80 years ago, Tico Belle flew into history.
Today, she stands as a tribute to freedom and sacrifice.
We will never forget.
#DDay80 #TicoBelle #ValiantAirCommand #VACWarbirds #WWII #LestWeForget

A clip of my rehearsals with The BBC Concert Orchestra at last year’s #DDay80 Radio 2 concert at The Guildhall Portsmouth. See reply for the poignant story behind the song…#DDay #DDay81 #BBC #Radio2

Tico Belle was restored with love by our volunteers. From D-Day to Denmark, she flew with pride.
Have a photo from her service as K-684, N3239T, or 42-100591?
Share it with us below.
#TicoBelle #ValiantAirCommand #DDay80 #VACWarbirds #C47 #WWII

Today, we remember the heroes of D-Day and honour their bravery 🇬🇧🌊. Their sacrifice laid the foundation for our freedom. Halesowen stands proud and grateful—lest we forget. 🕊️ #DDay80 #HalesowenRemembers #LestWeForget

Today marks 80 years since D-Day when thousands of brave Americans stormed the beaches of Normandy to defend freedom and democracy. We honor their courage, remember their sacrifice, and carry forward the legacy they left behind. #DDay80

Tico Belle flew into Normandy on D-Day and served through Operation Varsity.
She carried troops, supplies, and wounded across Europe.
Come see this hero at Valiant Air Command, Inc.

#DDay80 #WWIIHistory #VACWarbirds #TicoBelle #ValiantAirCommand

Photo by Aviation Photocrew - Sun N Fun - 2025

In May 1940 #OperationDynamo sent hundreds of #LittleShips to #Dunkirk to rescue the British Army from French beaches
They were helped in the air by #spitfires from #RAFManston and many other RAF stations on the South coast
#ElevensesHour #Kent #MHHSBD #DDay80 #Dunkirk85
www.lincolnmaplady.co.uk

After #DDay80 #VEDay81 there are no survivors of #WW2. Just Us, their descendants. Just we who learned #TheRestOfTheStory from our Fathers, Grandparents, Uncles and Aunts.
It's up to Us to make sure future generations never forget who the Good Guys were. 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇨🇦🇺🇲

Aujourd’hui, on se souvient.
De ceux qui ont libéré notre territoire.
Chez Stea Web, on transforme cette liberté en création web et vidéo.

#DDay80 #Débarquement #Libération #SteaWeb #Mémoire #CréationWeb

OTD in 1944 HQ Airborne Troops issued the Movement Order for 1st Airborne Div's planned ops after D-Day. Moving 10,000 men to airfields that had just been used for the D-Day drop was no simple task #DDay #WW2 #DDay80 #Airborne #Normandy #BritishArmy #OTD

Just snuck in the back end of #ElevensesHour with this Spitfire over #RAFManston in #Kent, famed as one of the #BattleofBritain stations
Prints and original art online at www.lincolnmaplady.co.uk
#MHHSBD #LincsConnect #UKMakers #DDay80 #VEDay80 #BattleofBritain

#DDay80 cards and prints featuring the @IntBCC, the coast of #Normandy and the beach heads with #poppies and #ForgetMeNot, the #remembrance flower for #Germany drifting East
Still available online at www.lincolnmaplady.co.uk
#LincsConnect #Lincolnshire #Military #VeteranOwned

D-Day Overlord - Débarquement et bataille de Normandie D-Day Overlord présente le débarquement de Normandie et l'intégralité de la bataille de Normandie du 6 juin au 25 août 1944.

Près de 254 soldats ont été tués dans ce secteur qui a également vu l'attribution de 2 Medal of Honor, la célèbre médaille du Congrès américain, remise pour fait d'armes extraordinaire.
www.dday-overlord.com
Photo: Marc Laurenceau
#DDay #WW2 #Normandie #DDay80 #Histoire #History #Normandy

The Red Arrows taken at various air displays across the south #theredarrows #raf #airdisplay #southcoastsnapperuk #airdisplay #displayteam #dday80 #riat2024 #armedforcesday2024

Fireworks bursting over Pegasus Bridge just after midnight on 6 June 2024.

A bit too wet and windy for any firework photos tonight, but here’s Pegasus Bridge back in June during #DDay80.

Happy New Year, all!

Loving the mashup for #LondonFireworks. Good mix of 2024 sounds and longtime earworms, nod to #Brat summer, a cheeky reminder of the rainy start to the election and a solemn slide into Vera Lynn for a tribute to #DDay80. #NewYear2025

2024’s been a pretty decent year - lots of #systemsleadership work around the country, including in GM with @weirb.bsky.social + @kenperry447.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻. But most memorable - being in Normandy with the Royal British Legion for #DDay80 commemorations 🙏🏻

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Posting this stunning clip of the legend that is Tom Jones, singing at the #DDay80 commemorations.
He’s still got it!

I’d like to thank Kevin Hymel for returning to continue Patton’s war story with this episode that covers from the Knutsford incident to Third Army arriving on the Continent.

#WhyWeFight1944 #ArmyHistory #DDay80 #MilitaryHistory #WWII #Podcast

Link in the comments below…

#Airshows #AdventCalendar - Day 5 - 2024 REWIND

The first weekend in June was busy with four major airshows taking place. Imperial War Museum Duxford marked #DDay80 during its Summer Air Show which saw some outstanding international participation

https://buff.ly/3V3w9sI

#avgeek

#Airshows #AdventCalendar - Day 4 - 2024 REWIND

Late May saw a return to the Shuttleworth Collection for their D-Day Weekend - the first public stop for four Douglas C-47s/DC-3s that had cross the Atlantic to take part in the #DDay80 commemorations

https://buff.ly/4fZEeqG

#avgeek

I had both of these books, plus a few of his other novels. Rohmer is a national treasure. Was great to see him honoured at #DDay80 in Normandy.

This year’s D-Day 80 commemorations offer us a vital opportunity to reflect on the bravery, sacrifice and ensuring significance of that pivotal moment in our country’s history. Was a privilege to join others to help plant 80 trees to mark #DDay80 today

a quartermaster in fifth panzer army candidly shares his thoughts after the battles for hill 112, caumont and mortain

(rare colorized footage)
#ww2 #sww #history #dday80

The new Regina Rifle Regiment (present day Royal Regina Rifles) monument at Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse, Normandy.

The memorial was dedicated as part of Operation Calvados for #DDay80.

More info:
www.rrrtrust.org/memorial