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Today Stansted is Britain's fourth largest airport and still expanding, but its roots lie in the East Anglian airfields of World War II.

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Story: Stansted Airport

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Today Stansted is Britain's fourth largest airport and still expanding, but its roots lie in the East Anglian airfields of World War II.

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