Remains of RAF pilot found sitting upright in WW2 Hurricane finally laid to rest 86 years on

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Remains of RAF pilot found sitting upright in WW2 Hurricane finally laid to rest 86 years on.

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An RAF pilot shot down over France in the Second World War and found sitting upright in his Hurricane fighter plane, has finally been laid to rest exactly 86 years to the day since his death.Today, an RAF bearer party gently carried the coffin of Squadron Leader George Morley Fidler, draped in a Union Jack, to a grave at the London Cemetery and Extension in Longueval, northern France.Engineers building a canal in northern France in 2023 discovered the remains of Mr Fidler, who had been missing since 1940.Workers at Oisy-le-Verger, around 27 miles south of Lille, unearthed Hurricane P3535 with the 27-year-old pilot still seated upright in the cockpit.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Stephen Naji, head of the recovery unit at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, who was among the first on the scene of the discovery, said at the time: "We had not expected to find any remains.

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The Hurricane had more or less nosedived into the ground but he was still there in his straps."During the...

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