Desford
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Desford is a village in Leicestershire, UK.
Desford contains a large secondary school and college, Bosworth College, five pubs, and an active sports club, Sport in Desford. Caterpillar Inc. have a large manufacturing plant outside the village.The location of this was previously a grass airfield developed in 1939 as a first stage flying school for the RAF. The majority of planes used were De Havilland Tiger Moths which were single engined bi-planes. An early form of flight simulator was also used and was visible from the public road. A railway now devoted to freight traffic was first laid down in 1832 by George Stephenson and passes within a mile of the village.
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