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Breighton
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Breighton airfield, in Yorkshire in England's north east, was opened in January 1942. Built specifically for use by Bomber Command, it had three paved runways and was designed to host a single squadro...PL570
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Berchtesgaden
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Berchtesgaden, a town in the Bavarian Alps in southern Germany close to the Austrian border, was the site of Hitler's retreat prior to and during the Second World War. Based around the village of Ober...PL503872
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Molesworth
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Molesworth airfield, in Huntingdonshire in eastern England, was opened on 15 May 1941. Between November 1941 and February 1942 the airfield was home to several Royal Air Force Bomber Command squadrons...PL503879
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Emden
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Emden is a German North Sea port that was known as "the Venice of the north". It was subjected to heavy bombing by the Allies during the Second World War and reduced to rubble. The majority of its his...PL503877
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Binbrook
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Binbrook airfield, in Lincolnshire in England's central east, was opened in June 1940. Initially it had grass runways but these were surfaced in late 1942 and early 1943 in time for the arrival of 460...PL568