damn sad news, another great man has left us.

may he rest in peace.

Have to say that having visited a hell of a lot of war graves and cemetries the work that has been done, and continues to be done by the commision is
2nd to none. there are very few cases where you will find a negleted headstone .

given the technology that is available now i wonder what are the practicalities/problems of investigating the unknowns now? apart from Finance of course…

cant have Mp’s doing without their duck houses after all ! 😡

I wonder what would happen if there was a more pro-active attitude to identifying the missing ?

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20100411_DNA_from_letter_might_unlock_WWII_mystery.html

may he rest in peace.

To be the ” devil’s advocate” here i wonder how dependable is the information given for the date of death?

What were the circumstances around the finding of the pilots remains? Perhaps he was killed a few days previously and his remains not discovered untill the 4th ? or could it be that he was on night operations and killed the evening or night of the 3rd ?

dont get me wrong i find the whole issue of the identification of those who fell and remain unknown very frustrating.I often wonder why more effort is not being put in to trying to i.d them???

I know….finances , finances….doesnt make it right though does it?

Cant say that i approve of the sale of such items unless they are definately to the benefit of the veteran or their family.

Missed the programme on the mystery around the death of Major Mannock last week, is it going to be re-shown some time?

hopefully a few more families will get to know what happened to their loved ones.