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RAF WWII buried in Italian war cemetery

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CupCakes

CupCakes Report 18 Jul 2013 13:39

RAF crew shot down in WWII buried in Italian war cemetery

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23344399

The crew of an RAF Boston bomber have been buried in a war cemetery in Italy, 68 years after their deaths.

As a serious researcher this kind of story really catches the heart strings.

Can empathise with the emotions of the family at this time

WW11 - My mother had an American pilot fiancée - was told that after being shot down by the Germans he nose-dived his plane into the ground to save the people living on Canvey Island. The only thing they found of him out of the fire was his ID tag. As a child, sort of scared me thinking about it.

When I actually visited the Island 3 years ago with my AUS cousin we found there was a special museum about the event.
Choked - I found it hard to hold back the tears seeing his actual photo and reading the story.

:-) :-)

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 18 Jul 2013 13:49

It is nice to see that at long last they have been laid to rest albeit on foreign soil and I hope that this will help to bring some comfort and closure to any living relatives they have.

R.I.P.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Nolls from Harrogate

Nolls from Harrogate Report 18 Jul 2013 16:20

What a lovely but sad story and lovely that there were relatives that could be there for the funeral and very touching that they were buried together....RIP

Researching:
Gilmour/McSherry/Boyle/Mason/Robertson