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      • 4th June 1944 – Death of a Lancaster Crew
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      • The death of the Robson Children, 1st December 1943.
      • 29th December 1944 – Disaster at RAF Waterbeach
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      • 9th November 1943 – Loss of Stirling LK380 90 Squadron.
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      • Former RAF Upwood mural
      • Loss of Lancaster EE118, 156 Sqn PFF – RAF Warboys.
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      • Down came the Walls of Jericho.
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    • Trail 28 – Southern Norfolk (part 4) Fersfield.
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    • Trail 31 – Southern Cambridgeshire (Part 2)
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      • 398th BG (RAF Nuthampstead) Memorial Window.
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    • Trail 34 – North Norfolk (Part 5)
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    • Trail 36 – North Norfolk (Part 6)
    • Trail 37 – The Northern Reaches of Cambridgeshire (Part 1)
    • Trail 38 – To the West of Norwich.
      • Loss of Mosquito FBVI ‘NS828’ RAF Swanton Morley.
    • Trail 39 Suffolk Around Ipswich (Part 1)
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    • Trail 41 – The Borders of Scotland and England
      • Fogo Church – Sixteen of the men who died around Charterhall and Winfield.
      • Duns Cemetery – Two accidents that took three young lives.
    • Trail 42 – East Lothain – Edinburgh’s neighbours.
    • Trail 43 – The National Museum of Flight – East Fortune.
    • Trail 44 – Kent (Part 3).
    • Trail 45 – Essex Part 2: Castle Camps and Wethersfield.
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      • September 26th 1942, a near tragedy for three RAF Squadrons.
    • Trail 51 – RAF Macmerry – The darker side of War.
    • Trail 52- Leicestershire’s border
    • Trail 53 – Scotland’s East Coast – Fife.
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    • Trail 55 – Around Newmarket.
    • Trail 56 – Perthshire.
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    • Trail 58 – To the East of Norwich.
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    • Trail 60 – Scotland’s West Coast
    • Trail 61 – RAF Dishforth – The Great North Road (P3).
    • Trail 62 – RAF Leuchars (Fife)
      • de Havilland Mosquitoes in BOAC Service.
    • Trail 63 – The Twelve Airfields of The New Forest – Now There is Only One
    • Trail 64 – Central Scotland
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    • B-17 Pilot 1st Lt.D. J. Gott and 2nd. Lt W. E. Metzger
    • The Transformation of 2nd Lt. Kermit D. Wooldridge, 379th BG, 525th BS.
    • Leslie Manser VC. (RAFVR) 50 Squadron – Royal Air Force
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Day: October 17, 2018

9 places that tell the story of early flight — Heritage Calling

October 17, 2018 / Aviationtrails / 2 Comments

The first formally recognised, sustained, powered, heavier-than-air flight in the UK took off 110 years ago.

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  • Major Memorials and Monuments in the UK
  • The Inspiration Behind my Trails – My Dad
    • My Dad – My Hero 25th June 2018.
  • Choose Your Trail…
    • Trail 1 – Lower Lincolnshire
      • July 30th 1944 – Loss of Lancaster PB304 – 106 Squadron.
    • Trail 2 – Lincoln Borders – Newark Museum and Cranwell.
    • Trail 3 – Gone but Not Forgotten (Cambs / Lincs border)
    • Trail 4 – Kent (Part 1)
      • RAF Biggin Hill Vestry demolished.
    • Trail 5 – de Havilland Aircraft – Salisbury Hall
      • The de Havilland Sea Mosquito
    • Trail 6 – ‘American Ghosts’
      • As Heard on the BBC: RAF Kings Cliffe – Time is running out!
      • King’s Cliffe Planning Application gets approval.
      • RAF King’s Cliffe – Buildings not to be listed.
      • A Long Way from Home
        • Secrets Of The (Not So) Deep.
      • Boeing B-29s in the UK.
      • Kings Cliffe Museum
      • 11th April 1944 – Loss of B-17 ‘Tenny Belle’ RAF Kimbolton
    • Trail 7 – North West Norfolk
      • A New Memorial to Honour Those Who Never Came Home.
      • Another blow for RAF Downham Market.
      • Downham Market VC Memorial Updated.
      • 9th October 1944, loss of Mosquito KB261 RAF Downham Market
      • 4th June 1944 – Death of a Lancaster Crew
    • Trail 8 – Swaffham and Her Neighbours (Part 1)
    • Trail 9 – Swaffham and Her Neighbours (Part 2)
    • Trail 10 – Swaffham and Her Neighbours (Part 3)
    • Trail 11 – Around Ely, Cambridgeshire
      • September 8th 1943 – Tragedy at RAF Mepal.
      • 29th December 1944 – Disaster at RAF Waterbeach
      • The death of the Robson Children, 1st December 1943.
    • Trail 12 – Southern Norfolk Around Diss (Part 1)
    • Trail 13 – Southern Norfolk Around Diss (Part 2)
    • Trail 14 – Central Suffolk (Part 1)
    • Trail 15 – Central Suffolk (Part 2)
    • Trail 16 – West Suffolk (Part 1)
      • 9th November 1943 – Loss of Stirling LK380 90 Squadron.
    • Trail 17 – The Pathfinders
      • Former RAF Upwood mural
      • Loss of Lancaster EE118, 156 Sqn PFF – RAF Warboys.
    • Trail 18 – Kent Part 2
    • Trail 19 – Northamptonshire (American Ghosts Part II)
    • Trail 20 – North Norfolk (Part 1)
    • Trail 21 – North Norfolk (Part 2)
    • Trail 22 – North Norfolk (Part 3)
    • Trail 23 – North Norfolk (Part 4)
    • Trail 24 – Gloucestershire
    • Trail 25 – Hertfordshire
      • Down came the Walls of Jericho.
    • Trail 26 – Midland Air Museum, Coventry
    • Trail 27 – Southern Norfolk (Part 3)
    • Trail 28 – Southern Norfolk (Part 4) Fersfield.
    • Trail 29 – South-west Cambridgeshire (Part 1)
    • Trail 30 – RAF Scampton and the Heritage Centre
      • RAF Scampton – What does the future hold?
    • Trail 31 – Southern Cambridgeshire (Part 2)
    • Trail 32 – Southern Cambridgeshire (Part 3)
      • 398th BG (RAF Nuthampstead) Memorial Window.
    • Trail 33 – Essex (Part 1)
    • Trail 34 – North Norfolk (Part 5)
    • Trail 35 – Blickling Hall, RAF Oulton Museum
    • Trail 36 – North Norfolk (Part 6)
    • Trail 37 – The Northern Reaches of Cambridgeshire.
    • Trail 38 – To the West of Norwich.
      • Loss of Mosquito FBVI ‘NS828’ RAF Swanton Morley.
    • Trail 39 Suffolk Around Ipswich (Part 1)
    • Trail 40 – Yorkshire (East Riding)
    • Trail 41 – The Borders of Scotland and England
      • Fogo Church – Sixteen of the men who died around Charterhall and Winfield.
      • Duns Cemetery – Two accidents that took three young lives.
    • Trail 42 – East Lothain – Edinburgh’s neighbours.
    • Trail 43 – The National Museum of Flight – East Fortune.
    • Trail 44 – Kent (Part 3) – The Northern Coast.
    • Trail 45 – Essex Part 2: Castle Camps and Wethersfield.
    • Trail 46 – Essex Part 3.
    • Trail 47 – Northumberland – The schooling of Ground Attack!
    • Trail 48 – Suffolk around Ipswich (Part 2)
    • Trail 49 – Bomber Command – Bury St Edmunds to Haverhill.
    • Trail 50 – Haverhill’s neighbours – Wratting Common and Great Sampford.
      • September 26th 1942, a near tragedy for three RAF Squadrons.
    • Trail 51 – RAF Macmerry – The darker side of War.
    • Trail 52- Leicestershire’s border
    • Trail 53 – Scotland’s East Coast – Fife.
      • de Havilland Mosquitoes in BOAC Service.
    • Trail 54 – The Great North Road (Part 1)
    • Trail 55 – Around Newmarket.
    • Trail 56 – Perthshire.
    • Trail 57 RAF Leeming – The Great North Road (Part 2).
    • Trail 58 – To the East of Norwich.
    • Trail 59 – Windermere’s Sunderlands
    • Trail 60 – Scotland’s West Coast
    • Trail 61 – RAF Dishforth – The Great North Road (Part 3).
    • Trail 62 – RAF Leuchars (Fife)
    • Trail 63 – The Twelve Airfields of The New Forest – Now There is Only One
    • Trail 64 – Central Scotland
    • Trail 65 – Northants and Bedfordshire.
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