Preparations to commemorate D-Day are well underway at Greenham Common control tower. The planned flypast of a Lancaster bomber has, however, been cancelled after an RAF pilot, Sqd Ldr Mark Long, died in a Spitfire crash near RAF Coningsby at the weekend. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight has cancelled all flights until the cause of the crash is fully understood. The focus of events in Newbury will be at the control tower throughout the day on Thursday (June 6). The airfield played a crucial role in the D-Day airborne operation to drop more than 20,000 troops into occupied Europe and local…
