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Right in the top corner of the Dengie peninsular, lies an almost forgotten airfield. Over shaddowed now by the former Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, the former RAF base was once a busy war airfield hosting aircrew from many allied nations.

Eric Simonelli, if the deputy chair of the RAF Bradwell Bay research group, who are building a profile of what life was like for the crews stationed in this remote part of the Essex coast.

More information can be found on the groups website - www.rafbradwellbay.co.uk

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