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Stained glass window celebrates 90-year history of the RAF

A huge stained glass window celebrating the 90-year history of the RAF is to be unveiled.

The window, which cost £50,000, depicts a Battle of Britain pilot scrambling to get airborne and looking up to a sky filled with aircraft and events from every decade of the RAF's existence.

The window was funded with a donation from ex-City businessman and Lloyds "name" Ivan Heath, 93, who served with the RAF during WW2 and has been a club member of more than 50 years.

Read entire article at Telegraph(UK)