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Great Rissington

A group of 10 military cadets in uniform stand at either side of a black gravestone-type memorial for Flight Captain Susan Shaw on a tarmacked spot on an airfield. Several poppy wreaths lay at the foot of the memorial. Sun-baked yellow grass can be seen behind them.

Memorial for WW2 pilot who died averting disaster

Flight Captain Susan Slade was 40 when the Wellington Bomber she was flying malfunctioned.