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A POIGNANT collection of items belonging to a RAF flight engineer killed in the Second World War are going up for sale.

A POIGNANT collection of items belonging to a RAF flight engineer killed in the Second World War are going up for sale.

© Jason Hedges / DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Specialist radar teams at RAF Lossiemouth already trained to track enemy aircraft now have a new tool to monitor another aerial threat – birds. Hundreds of birds are sucked into jet engines every year across the UK. Now military bosses have commissioned a 12...

The new Robin Radar at RAF Lossiemouth (handout/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A bird radar has been installed at RAF Lossiemouth as part of efforts to reduce the number being sucked into jet engines. Project Winchell is a 12-month trial that uses an advanced detection system to map avian activity around the airfi...

A bird radar has been installed at RAF Lossiemouth as part of efforts to reduce the number being sucked into jet engines. Project Winchell is a 12-month trial that uses an advanced detection system to map avian activity around the airfield, and the first of its kind to be used by the airforce. RAF LOSSIEMOUTH Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) figures show there were 280 cases of birds being sucked into jet engines in 2017, while an increase in traffic at the base forced the need for a soluti...