Walks on former paratroopers airbase to mark D-Day

Guided walks are being offered at a former World War Two airfield to mark the anniversary of the D-Day landings.

RAF North Witham in Lincolnshire was home to US paratroopers who were some of the first to land in France ahead of the main invasion on 6 June 1944.

It is now the Forestry England-owned Twyford Wood near Colsterworth.

The walks are part of South Kesteven District Council's Soldiers from the Sky project, which tells the stories of thousands of Allied airborne troops who trained and flew on mission from Lincolnshire.

Visitors will be taken around the still intact runways where soldiers from the US Army's 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions departed on the night of 5 June to be dropped behind German lines.

They crossed the English Channel at a height of 50ft (15m) to avoid enemy radar on their way to Normandy.

Their mission was to set up radio beacons and visual markers to guide the main invasion force.

The walks are free but need to be booked in advance online.

They will be held on 5 June, 12 June and 19 June starting at 17:30 BST and lasting about two and a half hours.

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