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Houghton Mill is an old watermill owned by the National Trust that is still used for the milling of flour but for demonstration purposes for visitors. 

The weathervane said to come from Norfolk - Credit: Helen Theron Can you solve the mystery of the Norfolk links with a unique weathervane which is also a war memorial honouring seven lost lives? Derek James reports. It was on the night of January 3, 1944 that a Lancaster Bomber of the Pathfinder Force set off from RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire on a mission over Germany dropping flares over targets to light the way for the following aircraft. On its return the plane encountered enemy fire and came down over Blankenburg. The pilot Flying Officer Ernest Blair Stiles of the Canadian Royal Force and...

Flight Lieutenant Peter Isaacson, 1943. AWM 138686 Peter Isaacson was sent to Canada for training under the Empire Air Training Scheme. He graduated in September 1941 and was sent to Britain, where he joined No. 460 Squadron. This unit would come to be regarded as the most efficient Australian squadron of Bomber Command. Flying heavy bombers over Germany and occupied Europe, Peter was able to accurately bomb his targets, manoeuvre out of search lights, dodge anti-aircraft fire, and escape enemy planes. He was later awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for leadership and courage in success...