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A former RAF airman will be travelling nearly 200 miles for a nostalgic trip to visit the Newark Aircraft Museum. Ade Pitman will be leaving his home in Wales to visit the memorabilia from the former World War Two bomber base and post-war training base – RAF Swinderby – at the museum in Winthorpe. Ade has self-published a book – The Peace Dividend, of his RAF memoirs, with a chapter dedicated to his start of career at RAF Swinderby at the age of 24. “Like thousands of others, RAF Swinderby is part of my history,” said Ade. He added: “I began my short RAF career there and although little can be…

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