Lost RAF bomber crew finally laid to rest

19 Jul 2013 01:36 PM

The remains of an RAF bomber crew lost weeks before the end of the Second World War have been laid to rest with full military honours.

The plane, Boston BZ590, belonging to the Royal Air Force’s 18 Squadron, was crewed by 3 members of the RAF Volunteer Reserve, all aged 20, and a 21-year-old from the Royal Australian Air Force.

They took off from Forli, near Rimini, in Italy on 21 April 1945 at 8:45pm, their target being a crossing on the River Po at Taglio di Po, followed by an armed reconnaissance of the Po Valley.

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