RAF Tangmere
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RAF Tangmere was a Royal Air Force station famous for its role in the Battle of Britain, located about 3 miles north east of Chichester in West Sussex. American RAF pilot Billy Fiske died at Tangmere and was the first American aviator to die during World War II.
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It is today the site for Tangmere Aviation Museum that, in its collection, has an original Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane. Bus number 55 runs from Chichester bus station to the museum throughout the day, included Sundays.
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