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Evening Standard
Matthew Cooper

Lancaster bomber sculpture paying tribute to air crews erected in Lincolnshire

The sculpture is the culmination of eight years of fundraising and work by the Bomber County Gateway Trust (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Wire)

Engineers are putting the finishing touches to a sculpture of a Lancaster bomber erected in Lincolnshire in memory of air crew who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Second World War.

Steel cladding was being re-attached to the artwork on Monday, while identity lettering is also being added to the tribute to a bomber which crashed nearby in September 1942 while returning to RAF Swinderby.

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