The flyover featured 15 historically sequenced warbird formations LOUISE KRAFFT 2015
The first planes were spotted coming over Rosslyn at 12:10 p.m. on Friday, May 8.
Thousands of visitors and residents flocked to the Virginia shoreline of the Potomac River to view the historic flyover on the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. The flyover included dozens of World War II aircraft flying in 15 historically sequenced warbird formations overhead. The formations represented the war’s major battles, from Pearl Harbor through the final air assault on Japan, and concluded with a missing man formation.