D-Day anniversary: Take a look inside the Spitfire on show in Portsmouth

Spitfire on Southsea Common. Take a look inside

A SPITFIRE is on Southsea Common ahead of the D-Day 75 ceremony.

You can take a look inside the cockpit and see what the pilots would have seen in our pictures included in this article.

Portsmouth will host a ceremony to commemorate the Normandy Landings later this morning.

It is set to be attended by hundreds of D-Day veterans as well as the Queen, Prince Charles and major world leaders.

Pictures from the scene show Spitfire on the common as well as chinook helicopters flying over the area.

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Due to the high profile of the VIPs attending the event in Southsea, security fencing has been put up around the common and a solid steel fence surrounds the ceremony site.

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