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Some examples from the book by the people who were there.....
Sandra Stabler spent her early childhood at Crossways, she has distinct and colourful recollections of the airfield being commisioned and of the Empire Air Day displays.
" One of my earliest memories of the presence of the RAF in our village is of standing just outside my parents' shop - now known as Tree Stores in Warmwell Road, but at that time just called "Stabler's" or "the Old Post Office" - waiting for the arrival of THE BAND! This "big" event was obviously to mark the official opening of Warmwell Airfield. The year was 1937 so I would have been about five years old........"
Joan and Theo Laing at the Crossways Exhibition in August 2000
I'll never forget her 
Perhaps the final word can be left to the late Bob Hanson, a former pilot of the Group who was instrumental in the formation of the 474th Fighter Group Association. During the 1984 visit he was asked by the author what his recollections of Warmwell were. He replied, with emotion in his voice "Warmwell? She's like your first girlfriend, your first kiss - I'll never forget her."
