MEMBERS of the Royal Canadian Air Force travelled to a village near York for an annual service dedicated to hundreds of airmen from a local air base who died in the Second World War.
The memorial service was staged on Saturday in Sutton-on-the-Forest, where a nearby base called Eastmoor was home to 415 and 429 Squadrons RCAF.
Some 640 aircrew, mostly from the RCAF, flew out to Germany never to return so that we might enjoy the freedoms we have today, said organisers from the Sutton Parish Council.
The ceremony, supported by trustees and members of the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, had added poignancy this year as it was also the 70th anniversary of the Dambuster Raids, which many fellow Canadian airmen took part in.
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