Nearly 70 years after the end of WWII I'm amazed that so many airmen in particular, remain MIA over Europe. It will come as some small comfort to the families of these men that their remains have at last been recovered.
Amateur historians in Germany were in large part responsible for the recovery along with an eyewitness who saw the aircraft crash in April 1943. Locals did question the motivation for the dig.
The fact remains that 70 years on, military personnel from all sides in that conflict are still missing.
The lost Lancaster Bomber crew members (L-R): Pilot FO Alex Bone, PO Bruce Watt, Sgt Cyril Yellandm, Sgt Norman Foster, Sgt Raymond White and Sgt Ronald Cope
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/9557610/Bodies-of-five-British-airmen-from-Second-World-War-found.html
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