Bird Dog.
Having spoken to the relatives of a Lancaster that crashed nearby, they were all aware that the majority of the weight in their loved ones coffins was sand. The remains of the Lanc that crashed, along with the substantial remains of the crew was bulldozed and covered over very quickly as the crash impacted a busy important road, which needed to be reopened asap. Newspaper reports of the time stated that police officers had the task of collecting the remains, which had been ejected from the immediate vicinity of the impact. The families who I took to the site were aware that their loved ones were still there, and wished it to be looked upon as a war grave.
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