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Incredible memento from real Great Escape found hidden by plumber in airing cupboard | UK | News

The wartime memento was owned by Marcel Zillessen, who helped mastermind the breakout of 76 men from the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp in 1944.

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World War 2 mystery solved remains of long-lost airman reunited with relatives 80yrs later | World | News


But in 2019, excavation work at an airport turned up the plane that carried the remains of six Allied airmen.
Using DNA from living relatives, scientists confirmed a body found among the wreckage belonged to the 25-year-old gunner with the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
His niece, Pam Compton, received confirmation of the DNA tests proving his identity in late December 2020.
She said: “No one in the family knew much about him at all.
The remains were discovered nearly 80 years after they went missing, These pilots were not involved (Image: Getty)
“My mother was so sad [about his death]. His photo was on the wall but she never talked about him.”

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World War 2 news: Dunkirk FURY over insensitive and 'disrespectful' tweet – 'Shameful!' | UK | News


| UPDATED: 20:21, Thu, Jan 14, 2021
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Dunkirk veteran Arthur Taylor details his evacuation experience
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Rebecca Vilkomerson took to Twitter and wrote: “My 14-year-old daughter’s description of the movie Dunkirk: ‘isn’t it just a bunch of white boys waiting for boats?’” But Twitter users have attacked this view, with many posting pictures of their relatives who fought in the war.

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