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Old 21st Jun 2014, 08:05
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I was in the UK about five years ago as part of a wider 'pilgrimage' visiting places associated with my great uncle's Bomber Command crew. My PPL was still current at the time so one of the first things I did was look up a local flying school and instructor to hire an aeroplane and fly around some of the old airfields. Tatenhill was the airfield we flew from... I didn't realise until I got there that it was itself a wartime airfield. It was a great little flight, and being able to put names like Waddington, Bardney, East Kirkby, Winthorpe and Lichfield into my logbook (as turning points - not many are still active airfields!) was pretty special.
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