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Two WW2 Lancaster<\/a> aircraft, flown over from Canada , were at Southend Airport today with a Spitfire <\/a>and a Hurricane.<\/a> If you were lucky, you might have seen them there, or watched them fly over Rayleigh and Rawreth this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Incidentally Southend Airport was an RAF base in WW2. According to Wikipedia:<\/a><\/p>\n

..in 1939, the Air Ministry requisitioned the airfield and it was known as RAF Rochford during World War II. It became a satellite base. During World War II, it became a base for fighter squadrons comprising Supermarine Spitfires and Hawker Hurricanes as well as Bristol Blenheims. Many of the 50 pillboxes that were designed to protect the airport from paratroop landings still survive, as does the underground defence control room, which is near to Southend Flying Club. A further 20 or so pillboxes also remain in the surrounding countryside.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We are grateful to Hayley Bloomfield for these photos (click on them to enlarge)<\/p>\n

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