April 27, 2025
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WW2 bomber crew’s remains identified 80 years after plane shot down over Netherlands

WW2 bomber crew’s remains identified 80 years after plane shot down over Netherlands

Burials can go ahead of men who never returned from bombing mission over Germany in 1943

Eighty years after they were shot down by the Germans over Dutch waters, British airmen Arthur Smart, Raymond Moore and Charles Sprack can be laid to rest after the Dutch defence ministry confirmed their remains had been identified.

Two silver-plated cigarette cases were found with the initials of the 27-year-old flight engineer Smart and 21-year-old wireless operator Moore.

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