WWII pilot exhumation called off (UK)
A bid to exhume the remains of a man who is thought to be the last recoverable Battle of Britain pilot from a site in Kent has been abandoned.
Flt Sgt Eric Williams was 28 when he was shot down on a combat mission over the Thames Estuary on 15 October 1940.
His squadron was attacked by German fighters led by Major Adolf Galland - the leading German ace of the period.
The operation to recover his remains from the site in Albion Parade, Gravesend, was called off on Sunday.
The Ministry of Defence spent three days excavating the area where he crashed but they believe Flt Sg Williams' body is too deep to be reached.
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Flt Sgt Eric Williams was 28 when he was shot down on a combat mission over the Thames Estuary on 15 October 1940.
His squadron was attacked by German fighters led by Major Adolf Galland - the leading German ace of the period.
The operation to recover his remains from the site in Albion Parade, Gravesend, was called off on Sunday.
The Ministry of Defence spent three days excavating the area where he crashed but they believe Flt Sg Williams' body is too deep to be reached.