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Counting the planes out and back
The Hickling searchlight
Photo by Brenda Ward
Hickling had one of the biggest searchlights in the area, and Gwen talks of seeing the planes lit up by it.
Asked if they had guns along with the searchlight, Gwen says she didn’t know, as her father was strict and wouldn’t let her go to see it!