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    RAF Rivenhall

    I am currently doing some research on an abandoned airfield in Rivenhall, Essex. It opened in October 1943 as an American air base for the US Army Air Force with a fleet of P.51 Mustangs. The RAF did not move in until later in the war for Operation Varsity - the airbourne operation for crossing...
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  2. Aviation History: Short Stirling

    Aviation History: Short Stirling

    The Short Stirling is often overshadowed by the Lancaster and Halifax, but it still made a considerable contribution to the Allied War Effort. In 1942 alone it flew in all the 1,000 bomber raids. While it had its short comings most of them was as a result of the original specification and it...
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