From North Creake, No 199 and No 171 Squadrons of No 100 Group of RAF Bomber Command flew Stirling IIIs and Halifax IIIs on radio counter-measures intended to conceal the true position of the main Allied bomber thrust.
They used airborne radio transmitters called Mandrel to jam German early-warning radar and dropped aluminium strips, known as Window to give false radar readings.
RAF North Creake veteran Bernie How and Air Marshal (retd) Sir Stuart Atha KBE CB DSO at the memorial dedication ceremony
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Bernie, who is from Worlington in Suffolk, and the rest of his crew flew over to France ahead of D-Day and dropped the strips which tricked the enemy into believing the invasion was heading to Calais.
Claire Nugent at the Clare 250 Cancer Centre. Photograph by John Kelly
Backroom stalwart crosses Clare 250 finish line
May 16, 2021
Leading light of the Clare 250 Cycle Claire Nugent tells Fiona McGarry about the epic work in running the event
THE Clare 250 Cycle is known the length and breadth of the county and has involved hundreds of participants from every town, village and townland since it first took to the road in 1980.
The event has been the vital fundraiser for the Clare 250 Lourdes Pilgrimage, whereby cyclists have nominated cancer patients in their own communities and undertaken the challenge of raising funds for them to travel.
32 things people in Liverpool want to do first when lockdown is lifted
From spending time with family to a night out in Mathew Street, people are already making plans
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People in Liverpool are already making plans for when lockdown is over
It s been a long time coming but if all goes to plan, we will finally be coming out of coronavirus lockdown on June 21 for the very last time.
Falling infection rates due to the third national lockdown and the Covid vaccination programme means there is hope for some normality to return to our lives this year. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled the government s roadmap with different phases designed to ease us out of lockdown safely.