I would have done but phone died before the flypast. Most people were standing on the seafront and pier but the flypast was parallel to the beach but inland somewhat. It meant that the close ups were viewed between hotel blocks until they turned left at Beachy Head and headed out over the...
On Eastbourne seafront by the Band Stand. The only way up to Beachy Head was by a sightseeing bus that was charging £7.50 with my senior citizen bus pass. I politely declined.
Glad to hear of the flypast at Beachy Head I will definitely get up there.
Fwiw my dad was 23 soon after D-day (13th June and drove an APC and was known as a Rock-ape in The RAF Regiment. Whilst he didn't see any action on D-day itself he had some pretty hairy moments on his travels across...