But Israeli experts training German pilots at an airbase that Britain's RAF used to fight the Germans in World War II is an historical irony not lost on Tomer Koriat, the deputy director of the training project.

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Best known for his seminal series on the history of Ireland, he went into journalism after serving in the RAF during World War II.

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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) site was home to RAF Bomber Command in World War II and became redundant in 2004.

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Eighty-year-old John Catt served with the RAF in the Second World War.

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