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Few salutes Churchill at ground level fading winded plan
London observers report The Few will salute Sir Winston Churchill's funeral from the air by flying over the Thames reach with jets replacing the aging Spitfires and Hurricanes. RAF officials say low level winter flight risk and a 1959 incident led to the decision. Seventeen Battle of Britain veterans will march at the procession.
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Raymond E. Palmer
London
Sir Winston Churchill
Royal Air Force
Britain
Churchill
Thames
Nobby
Armstrong
RAF
Defense Ministry
Winston