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Or airfields could be developed in other countries to which French bombers could quickly deploy in an emergency.

Yet in the vast expanse of the ocean, with few airfields, it has proved difficult to do without them.

On Wednesday, chief executive Thomas Woldbye will unveil funding to increase capacity at terminals two and five, reconfigure the airfield and improve bus connections.

That night, Lance Bombardier Davis told the inquest that she was on a "sleeping guard" at an airfield elsewhere, and had 20 missed calls from Gunner Beck before she spoke to her.

Just a few weeks later, on New Year's Eve, Almonds played a key role in the attack on Nofelia airfield in the Western Desert, which helped earn him his Military Medal.