Veterans

Speech re-enactment and fly-past begin tribute

25 August 2010

IN 1940 Winston Churchill paid homage to the pilots of the RAF and its allies by declaring that ‘never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few’.

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Joan Fanshaw describes her time as a plotter

15 July 2010

“At times it was extremely difficult to find space on the table to put your plot on because it was so busy. The plots were all pushed up together. The information was coming in via teleprinter. Some days we had to tear off the tape and leave it on the floor just to catch up as there was so much coming in.”

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military personnel were honoured in June with a parade through the streets of Sleaford

15 July 2010

Military personnel past, present and future were honoured in June with a parade through the streets of Sleaford.

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In the Footsteps of Heroes

09 July 2010

“You acted instinctively. It was over very quickly – it only lasted minutes – it was not like World War I dog fighting. It was in, out and if you were lucky you got back. You went in again, maybe, but that depended on the situation."

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Bomber command memorial gets go-ahead

21 May 2010

A memorial to honour the lives of 55,573 Allied Airmen from Bomber Command who lost their lives during World War II is to be built in London.

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