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Four F15E Strike Eagles flew  over Cambridge American Cemetery on the way back to their base near Sheffield. It was quite loud over Comberton.

This was a part of a memorial flypast to honour 10 American airmen who died when their plane crashed 75 years ago; their B-17 Flying Fortress, Mi Amigo, crashed and exploded in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield.

The flypast over Sheffield were these F-15E Strike Eagles from RAF Lakenheath; a KC-135 Stratotanker, a MC-130J Commando II and a CV-22 Osprey from RAF Mildenhall, as well as a Typhoon and a Dakota from RAF Coningsby.

Captain Lauren Schlichting who flew  an F15E Strike Eagle jet from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk as part of this Friday’s planned flypast, marking the 75th anniversary of the crash.

The 28-year-old, from Minnesota, said: “We definitely don’t take it lightly to be able to honour those who came before us and we’re happy to do it.”

Lieutenant Andrew Knighten, the weapons systems officer in the F15E, said: “It’s pretty humbling, honestly, just for everyone that’s gone before us and for us to get to fly over and just honour them.”

A428 new dual carriageway announced

Ten miles of the choked-up A428’s current route is set to be replaced by a separate new dual carriageway in major plans announced by Highways England.

The brand new 10-mile dual carriageway will link the Caxton Gibbet roundabout near Cambourne with the soon-to-be-upgraded Black Cat roundabout and a new junction at Cambridge Road and new bridges.

With this new dual carriageway the existing A428 is set to become a local road, serving communities between St Neots and Caxton Gibbet.

There are also major plans to create a three-tier junction at the Black Cat, which will allow drivers passing through the junction to do so uninterrupted while keeping the roundabout clear for other drivers who are making turns between the roads.

Work on the upgrade could begin in 2022, in a scheme costing between £810 million and £1.4 billion.

The work is being funded by the Government’s £15 billion Road Investment Strategy, which is the biggest investment in road infrastructure since the 1970s.