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Great Rissington

11 hrs ago
A group of 10 military cadets in uniform stand at either side of a black gravestone-type memorial for Flight Captain Susan Shaw on a tarmacked spot on an airfield. Several poppy wreaths lay at the foot of the memorial. Sun-baked yellow grass can be seen behind them.

Memorial for WW2 pilot who died averting disaster

Flight Captain Susan Slade was 40 when the Wellington Bomber she was flying malfunctioned.

11 hrs ago
Gloucestershire

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