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Memorial to honour second world war victims

... Memorial to honour second world war victims OVER 40 years ago the 617 Squadron bombed the Ruhr dams in Germany, crippling the enemy war effort. Now the 200 men who died during those and subsequent raids are to be honoured with a special memorial — thanks ...

Published: Thursday 20 November 1986
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 608 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

It is now more than forty years since the end of the Second World War and 70 years since the

... It is now more than forty years since the end of the Second World War and 70 years since the First, and those who remember it are in a diminishing minority. In fact, anybody who served throughout that war is today over sixty years of age. Others may have ...

Published: Thursday 30 October 1986
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 91 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

PARADE AND FLY-PAST FOLLOW VJ ANIVERSARY SERVICE THE Lord Lieutenant of Lin- Second World War and to pay The public

... PARADE AND FLY-PAST FOLLOW VJ ANIVERSARY SERVICE THE Lord Lieutenant of Lin- Second World War and to pay The public are welcome to atcolnshire, Bridget Cracroft-Eley tribute to the sacrifices of the tend the service, although seating of Hackthorne is ...

Published: Thursday 10 August 1995
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 137 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

These were developed as Hitler's vengeance weapons during the Second World War and wreaked havoc on British ..

... These were developed as Hitler's vengeance weapons during the Second World War and wreaked havoc on British cities. The sites they were launched from were sought out and destroyed before they could be used for any mass attack. The lecture will be given ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1996
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 66 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MEMORIES of RAF Swinderby during the Second World War were stirred during a recent visit to the base by members

... MEMORIES of RAF Swinderby during the Second World War were stirred during a recent visit to the base by members of the Bomber Command Association. Among them was Steven Mucha, 72, of Swanpool, Lincoln — a veteran of Poland’s 301 Squadron who also served ...

Published: Thursday 11 March 1993
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 81 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

A familiar sight on the Al 5 is the Dunston Pillar which until the Second World War supported a statue

... A familiar sight on the Al 5 is the Dunston Pillar which until the Second World War supported a statue of George 11l The pillar was originally a land lighthouse with a 15 feet h igh lantern, set up in the days when travellers on the lonely heath were ...

Published: Friday 29 December 1967
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 790 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Although ill - health prevented him from serving actively he joined the Observer Corps during the Second World ..

... Although ill - health prevented him from serving actively he joined the Observer Corps during the Second World War. In his younger days he had been a keen swimmer and a member of Sleaford Swimm- . ing Chub. Correction thl:';‘s ’;‘:2:{:,‘o2;:,_’ y & Gren ...

Published: Friday 12 February 1971
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 78 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

MWS‘I’MVO.‘L BBCI, who nurses a wounded German soldier who crashes “.Amchfldm in Welsh woods during the Second ..

... MWS‘I’MVO.‘L BBCI, who nurses a wounded German soldier who crashes “.Amchfldm in Welsh woods during the Second World War. ’s fantasy in which a boy discovers strange bookshop in the back streets of his home TURTLE DIARY (1888), C 4, 7pm. mumnknmmmmemonmmu ...

Published: Thursday 21 December 1995
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1062 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Memories of bomber county revived

... of bomber county revived A NUMBER of local airfields are featured in a new book called ’Lincolnshire Airfields in the Second World War.” The book has been written by Lincolnshire journalist Patrick Otter who has also written three books on the wartime ...

Published: Thursday 24 October 1996
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 99 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

Bomber exhibition

... attempts at strategic bombing in the First World War. It then carries the theme through to the great air campaigns of the Second World War: the Blitz, the Allied air offensive against Germany, the German VI and V 2 attacks on Britain and the dropping of atomic ...

Published: Thursday 04 December 1986
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 314 | Page: 10 | Tags: none