North Yorkshire RAF Pilot Buried After 86 Years After WW2 Crash

North Yorkshire RAF pilot buried after 86 years after WW2 crash

Sqn Ldr George Morley Fidler, originally from Great Ayton, was buried in Longueval, France on Tuesday.

Remains of RAF pilot found sitting upright in WW2 Hurricane finally laid to rest 86 years on

An RAF pilot shot down over France in the Second World War and found sitting upright in his Hurricane fighter plane, has finally been laid to rest exactly 86 years to the day since his death.Today, an RAF bearer party gently carried the coffin of Squadron Leader George Morley Fidler, draped in a Union Jack, to a grave at the London Cemetery and Extension in Longueval, northern France.Engineers building a canal in northern France in 2023 discover…