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  • Monica Worboys, a Bedfordshire land girl, married American GI, Russell 'Hoots' Hooton, in 1945 and moved to the USA with her husband. She was one of 143 young women who married men from just this one American airfield at the end of the Second World War. This dress was donated to the 306 Bomb Group Museum, Thurleigh Airfield, Bedfordshire by the Hooton family.

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  • A group of Bedfordshire land girls who joined the crowds celebrating the VE Day radio announcement at 3pm in St Paul's Square, Bedford, 8 May 1945. 'Victory in Europe [VE] Day' marked the end of the Second World War in Europe. The Allies continued fighting in Japan in the Far East until VJ Day [Victory over Japan] on 15 August 1945. Source: Bedfordshire Times. Courtesy of Stuart

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