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Raid over germany. one of those airmen was sergeant freddie hapgood. he wasjust 21. his nephew and niece grew up knowing little about what happened to their uncle. we didnt know much of the details about it because my father never talked about it. i always feel a bit cheated that we never knew him. because, you know, he would have beenjust a bit younger than our father. he would have married and we would have had more cousins. thats a whole line of your family youve lost. two of the seven crew d...

What happened to him. freddie habgood was betrayed by a local, who handed him over to the gestapo. they took him here, to this concentration camp in alsace. but three years ago, a local girl found something unusual in the earth. she was just working during her holidays, raking the ash pit, tidying it. suddenly she saw a gleaming something in the soil. it was a bracelet. it was the only thing that was ever found, the only surviving item that was ever found in the ash pit. and i think the only rea...

But three years ago, a local girl found something unusual in the earth. she was just working during her holidays, raking the ash pit, tidying it. suddenly she saw a gleaming something in the soil. it was a bracelet. it was the only thing that was ever found, the only surviving item that was ever found in the ash pit. and i think the only reason being is because it was silver. freddies bracelet, the last memento of his final mission, was returned to the family. in a simple ceremony in london, the...

His nephew and niece grew up knowing little about what happened to their uncle. we didnt know much of the details about it because my father never talked about it. i always feel a bit cheated that we never knew him. because, you know, he would have beenjust a bit younger than our father. he would have married and we would have had more cousins. thats a whole line of your family youve lost. two of the seven crew died that night when their lancaster was shot down by a german fighter over france. f...

So good we named her twice. the bracelet of a world war two airman executed by the nazis has been returned to his family — 75 years after he was killed. freddie habgoods plane was shot down over france in 1944. he survived the crash but died in a concentration camp, where the bracelet was recently recovered. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. the hours of darkness over hitlers germany are about to be made hideous. the men of bomber command know well what they have to do. the raf...