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Old 3rd Jan 2002, 13:20
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henry crun
 
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Remember reading a chapter in a book about the decoy airfields some time back.

One particular story amused me.
There was a decoy airfield in the NE of England that was carefully constructed and maintained with loving care by a small group of airmen with a nco in charge.

One night during a raid the place was getting plastered and the crew were very upset at seeing their work bombed to bits.

The nco, forgetting the whole purpose of the exercise, rang up his parent unit begging permission to put the lights out.

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