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Douglas Whitbread

WWII Pilot’s Remains Found 80 Years Later, Bringing Closure To Family

A team of British scientists have uncovered the remains of a missing World War Two pilot – 80 years after his bomber was shot down over Italy. PHOTO BY LT.GILBERT HALDEEN MYERS/SWNS 

A team of British scientists have uncovered the remains of a missing World War Two pilot – 80 years after his bomber was shot down over Italy.

Experts from Cranfield University said they’d given 2nd Lt Gilbert Haldeen Myers’s family “closure” after finding his body near Sciacca, Scilly.

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