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The GI Brides
- Wedding dresses
- Stories of how people met
- Descendants and their links with the base
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The Living History of Burtonwood
- People, planes, life at the base, a timeline of the base and aviation art
- Europe’s largest airbase
- Local landmarks and heritage links
- Visits, tours and overnight stays
- Cockpit experience of an actual C54 Skymaster as used in the Berlin Airlift
- The day of Fred Dibnah
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Planes of RAF Burtonwood
- A working operation base – 47 acre warehouse
- Engine assembly line
- B17 Flying Fortresses, P47 Thunderbolts, B29 Super Fortresses
- Maintenance and spares – Pratt and Whitney Wasp engines
- The Berlin Airlift
- 3500 planes scrapped here
- C54 Skymaster as used in the Berlin Airlift
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Entertainment and Stories
- Visiting stars (Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Glen Miller)
- Stories of the base and its people
- Evacuee stories
- Radio shack
- Sports
- American Parties and letters to Santa delivered to the North Pole
- The Candy Bomber
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Everyday Life
- Everyday life in the war years
- Audio history
- Uniforms and artefacts
- Shops and Living conditions
- Air raid shelter recreated
- The hospital site