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Operation Nightingale: Digging Band of Brothers

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A group of people are kneeling by a dig out in the ground. A black bucket is seen and the workers are looking at archaeology site.

Defence Infrastructure Senior Archaeologist Richard Osgood led an Op Nightingale Dig at a site in Aldbourne, Wiltshire which has significant links to the preparations for the  D-Day landings. The dig, which aligns with the 80th anniversary year of D-Day landings, …

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