RAF Saltby
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RAF Saltby opened in Leicestershire in 1941 and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as Station 538. It was the home of the 314th Troop Carrier Group, whose Douglas C-47s dropped paratroops and towed gliders in the great airborne operations of 1944 — the Normandy landings and the Arnhem operation. The Americans left after the war, and the airfield is now home to the Buckminster Gliding Club.
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