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1946

Peter Long’s Brief History of Watton – 1946

Lancaster conversion training for aircrew began at Watton in early 1946 and the first of the type arrived to gradually replace the B17 Fortresses and Halifax aircraft. The RWE’s first…

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You have been graced with the courage, the sacrifice, and finally the lives of those who died so that you might live. They have nothing more to offer. But you do. You can live in a way that proves worthy of their sacrifices. Respond not out of guilt but out of gratitude, honoring what they have done.
Philip Yancey: Reaching for the Invisible God.
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