At the 11th hour on the 11th day

RAF founding member Henry Allingham will reach 111 years, 11 months and 11 days on Sunday - a symbolic reference to the official ending of the First World War at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. Mr Allingham, who lives at St Dunstan's care home for blind ex-service personnel in Ovingdean, near Brighton, East Sussex, will celebrate his 112th birthday with a fly-past at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire on June 6 - D-Day.