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Old 8th Feb 2003, 16:31
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Falcon Field, near Phoenix, Arizona was established as a basic training airfield for the RAF during WW11. In a corner of the local cemetary at Mesa lie the 23 young men (ages 18-20) who didn't make it home. Reading the inscriptions on the gravestones can bring a lump to the throat.

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