ME-109 wreckage & pilot remaind discovered while metal detecting.

[Surpmil]

Apparently the new Germany don't seem to revere the return of their lost war dead like we seem to here and elsewhere. They only bring home those identified by name with living relatives otherwise they go into mass/communal graves locally. Mind you, the OLD Germany knew quite a bit about mass graves. (sorry if that glib remark was offensive to anyone)

Not in the slightest, though where Jews and other non-combatants were concerned, there was a concerted campaign from 1943 on to dig up their mass graves and burn the remains before the Soviets captured the areas. And of course the Soviets were no strangers to mass graves either.

[Peter Laidler]

Compare Big Dukes thread 30 to mine - and similar in many ways. My friend, a wartime bomber flight engineer passed away and was to be buried locally. So without telling a soul, I asked the RAF flying base nearby whether they might fly over the funeral service. They couldn't actually fly over the service UNLESS, perhaps, by chance and pure coincidence of course, there was a training flight passing 'nearby'. And even then, if the events did coincide - which the might, possibly, by coincidence alone -, it was to be a private matter between the RAF, the family and myself. At the due time a Merlin helicopter did a VERY low sweep with an RAF flag fluttering in reverence and respect, suspended on a ball below it, flew across the church yard, made a distinct hover and bow and flew off whence it came. I did telephone them later and spoke to the flying control centre who were organising the 'training flights' that day, to be told '......we always look after our own'

[Ovidio]

This is something I really appreciate. Really!

[Gil Boyd]

This attachment shows that the German War Graves Service are very proactive in repatriation where necessary or by families requests have them relocated elsewhere.

This shows how in one case it happened, and one has to assume the same will be bestowed on the Mesherschmit pilot to:

Bodies of two Luftwaffe pilots that have lain in unmarked grave since 1940 to be relocated after historians finally identify them | Daily Mail Online

[Peter Laidler]

This thread reared its ugly head in the UK yesterday when a former member of a terrorist organisation died. As usual, the bleeding hearts were up to their usual old ways. What was particularly worthy of note was that the news organisations didn't seem to ask old soldiers of the era with many tours of the place under their belts their opinions and thoughts about this sad loss.

[bigduke6]

What was particularly worthy of note was that the news organisations didn't seem to ask old soldiers of the era with many tours of the place under their belts their opinions and thoughts about this sad loss.

Considering there the ones after all these years now being persecuted for defending both sides of the fence from the person you speak of............

[browningautorifle]

Now THIS could turn political...

[Flying10uk]

Are former British soldiers still being investigated simply for serving their country and doing their duty, under very difficult circumstances, on the streets of Northern Ireland?

[Peter Laidler]

I THINK that the actual investigations are complete now. It's just the formulation of the actual offences committed and the charges pending that are awaiting

[Flying10uk]

I think that the British general public will be outraged if former soldiers end up being prosecuted.