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Do you know the Norfolk history of this weathervane?


The weathervane said to come from Norfolk
- Credit: Helen Theron
Can you solve the mystery of the Norfolk links with a unique weathervane which is also a war memorial honouring seven lost lives? Derek James reports.
It was on the night of January 3, 1944 that a Lancaster Bomber of the Pathfinder Force set off from RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire on a mission over Germany dropping flares over targets to light the way for the following aircraft.
On its return the plane encountered enemy fire and came down over Blankenburg. The pilot Flying Officer Ernest Blair Stiles of the Canadian Royal Force and the young crew of six all lost their lives. ....

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