The USAF Europe Band marked Remembrance Sunday by performing at Martlesham Heath.

The band performed at the village's Remembrance service on Sunday, November 10.

It began at 2.15pm and was held at the 356th Fighter Group Memorial on Barrack Square.

The memorial is dedicated to the 72 American airmen who lost their lives while stationed at Martlesham Heath during the Second World War.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in June 1944, which airmen from the USAF based in Martlesham Heath participated in.

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The band has historical ties to the UK dating back to 1944 when Captain Glenn Miller brought them to perform for airmen in Eastern England.

Notably, the band played at Parham airfield on August 23, 1944, to an estimated audience of 6,000.

The Martlesham Heath memorial was the first in the UK dedicated to the American armed forces.

It was opened in June 1946, thanks to the efforts of Captain Eric Harvey and his wife, who turned their Little Bealings home into a hospital for injured personnel.