VICTORY over Japan and the end of the Second World War will be remembered this weekend at a museum dedicated to all the Allied airmen who died during the conflict.

An exhibition outlining the British involvement in the war in Asia will open at Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, near York, tomorrow.

It will feature an account of the experiences of young British girl Jane Reid, who, along with her family, was taken prisoner by the Japanese during the fall of Malaya and Singapore.

They were interned at the camps that formed the basis of the book Women Beyond the Wire and the television series Tenko.

Jane's brother, Dirk, has given permission for the museum to include copies of his drawings of the camps, compiled from memory many years later, in the display.

A service of commemoration in the museum's Station Chapel at 2pm will take place after a flypast by the Douglas Dakota of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

It was in similar aircraft that former prisoners of the Japanese -including Jane Reid, now Jane Elgey -were evacuated following the Japanese surrender. After the service, visitors can enjoy a sing-along over a cup of tea with Swing Blitz Louis.

All Second World War veterans and former PoWs from the Japanese invasion will be welcomed free.

The museum is open 10am to 5pm. Admission is £5 for adults, £4 for pensioners and £3 for children.