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Memorial Lancaster Propeller

At the entrance of Thorpe Camp is this memorial. The text on the plaque is:

AVRO LANCASTER PROPELLER
THIS PROPELLER, RECOVERED FROM THE WASH, IS DEDICATED TO THE PERSONNEL OF THE ROYAL AND ALLIED AIR FORCES WHO HAVE SERVED AT ROYAL AIR FORCE WOODHALL SPA SINCE 1942.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY ERECTED ON THE AIRFIELD IN 1993 BY THE OFFICERS AND AIRMEN OF THE PROPULSION FLIGHT, RAF WOODHALL SPA, AND WAS MOVED TO THORPE CAMP VISITOR CENTRE, FORMERLY No.1 COMMUNAL SITE, RAF WOODHALL SPA, WHEN THE PROPULSION FLIGHT CLOSED DOWN IN 2003.

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