Spitfire tribute as UK says goodbye to WWII icon Vera Lynn

Two Royal Air Force Spitfires staged a ceremonial fly-past Friday as thousands of people turned out to pay their last respects to British World War II icon Vera Lynn. The popular singer, best remembered for her morale-boosting song “We’ll Meet Again” and visits to the frontlines, died last month aged 103, after a glittering career. Crowds thronged her former home of Ditchling in southeast England, to catch a glimpse of her funeral cortege as it…