Remains of Spitfire pilot found 75 yrs later

[Still Waters]

Seventy-five years after a distinguished Spitfire pilot crashed during a training flight over Cornwall, his remains have been finally found, identified and returned to his family to be laid to rest, an inquest heard.

Sqn Ldr Daniel Cremin, 25, was killed while testing new Spitfire planes on a clear moonlit night over the far south-west of Britain on 24 March 1942, the inquest in Truro was told.

His family were sent a sealed coffin purportedly carrying his remains and he was buried at Wardour Roman Catholic cemetery in Tisbury, Wiltshire.

But in June last year, Stuart Palmer, a metal detectorist, discovered the Australian-born pilot’s bones after digging down 4ft (1.2 metres) at the crash site near St Erth, Hayle.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/16/remains-of-spitfire-pilot-found-in-cornwall-75-years-after-crash