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RAF navigator Ted Nestor, WWII Audio slideshow: Great Escape diary
The detailed and colourful diary of an RAF officer - held at a German POW camp in WWII.

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Today: Tuesday 24th November
Government advisers are calling for stricter rules on when police are allowed to take DNA from people they arrest. And the long-awaited inquiry into the Iraq War will begin public hearings today.

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Newly discovered images taken on DDAY, 6 June 1944, of the Allied invasion War from the air
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Life, death and secret hooch in Stalag Luft III
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