A family event at Solent Airport Daedalus to commemorate 75 years since the D-Day landings in Normandy on the 6th June 1944.

The high wind on Saturday proved too much for some of the displays, however the wind relented on Sunday allowing the planned flying programme to go ahead.

Many missions were flown over Normandy in support of Operation Overlord from the Daedalus airfield.

The airfield continued to be a Royal Navy establishment until it was de-commissioned in 1996.

The thumbnails below show some of the images I took over the weekend, please click on any thumbnail to view the images in a gallery.

D Day 75 Daedalus. Douglas Dakota “Drag ‘em Oot” at Solent Airport Daedalus to mark the 75 anniversary of the D-Day landings by allied forces in Normandy 1944

D Day 75 Daedalus. Agusta Bell Sioux AH Mk1 at Solent Airport Daedalus to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings by allied forces in Normandy 1944

Auster TW536 being held in a straight line while taxing in the wind

D Day 75 Daedalus. Boultbee Spitfire SM520 (G-ILDA) at Solent Airport Daedalus to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings by allied forces in Normandy 1944

Drag em Oot parachute display team

D Day 75 Daedalus. “Tall in The Saddle” P-51 Mustang at Solent Airport Daedalus to mark the 75 anniversary of the D-Day landings by allied forces in Normandy 1944

D Day 75 Daedalus. The Red Arrows fly past at Solent Airport Daedalus to mark the 75 anniversary of the D-Day landings by allied forces in Normandy 1944

For more information and pictures follow the link to D_Day 75 Daedalus Commemorations and the BBC News