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Where the few once gathered, your business can too.

In the summer of 1940, the corridors of the Officers' Mess, Duxford were full of young pilots waiting for the call to scramble. Among them was Douglas Bader, the Spitfire ace who had lost both legs before the war and still became one of the RAF's most famous fighter leaders. Between sorties, these rooms were where they ate, rested, played cards, and swapped stories. More than 80 years later, the same rooms are busy again. The call may now come from a client rather than a control tower, but there is still a sense of purpose in the building, and with the Imperial War Museum opposite, members are often treated to flying displays by the very same Spitfires which adorned the sky’s all those years ago!…