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hutting type and the station never developed the air of permanence achieved by many other RAF stations. The nearby Coleby Hall, built in 1628, was requisitioned by the Air
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launchers and ready to fire. Politically, the following day came to be referred to as "Black
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1473:RAF Airfields of World War 2
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369:Cuban Missile Crisis
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