Towards the end of World War II an airbase was set up outside the village at RAF Wratting Common, and part of No. 195 Squadron RAF was based there flying Avro Lancasters.
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Frost was president of the Aeronautical Society from 1908 to 1911, and a later version of his machine can be seen in the Shuttleworth Collection.
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On 19 October 1944 a Short Stirling bomber (LK 488), crashed on Mickle Fell whilst on a training flight from its base at RAF Wratting Common in Cambridgeshire - of the seven crew only one survived.