Wartime relic with special connection to Nantwich

Nantwich, Cheshire auctioneers Peter Wilson are selling this item, believed to be from the engine of a fighter plan which was steered away from houses in the town into the River Weaver by a heroic American pilot.

Every year poppy wreaths are still laid at the memorial to 23-year-old 1st Lt Arthur L Brown of the …

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