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UK News: The Dutch have identified remains of three individuals who were shot down by the Germans over Dutch waters eighty years ago. British airmen Arthur Sma

On Thursday, the remains of the three missing crew members found in the wreck of the British Lancaster ED603 in September were identified. They are Arthur Smart, Charles Sprack and Edward Moore, as laboratory tests in Soesterberg have revealed. The Royal Netherlands Army Salvage and Identification Service has now been able to provide clarity for the families of the missing men. The discovery signals the end of a long period of uncertainty for the families concerned in the United Kingdom.

Bodies of three more missing WW II British airmen identified

Burials can go ahead of men who never returned from bombing mission over Germany in 1943

Remains of the occupants of a crashed British WWII bomber in the IJsselmeer are identified, concluding a decades-long mystery.

The remains of a downed Avro Lancaster ED603, as well as crew on board it, have been recovered from the sea floor of Lake IJsselmeer.

Salvage operation in Dutch waters finds remains presumed to be those of Arthur Smart, Charles Sprack and Raymond Moore

Lancaster ED603 with remains British airmen to be salvaged from IJsselmeer

The sensitive operation to retrieve the plane from the bottom of the IJsselmeer lake comes decades after the plane was downed and at the request of the missing crews relatives

Nearly 80 years after German forces shot down a British bomber over a Dutch lake, work is set to begin on recovering the aircraft — with hopes of finding remains of its missing crew.