Remains of RAF pilot gunned down in the Battle of France are discovered after 86 years: Squadron leader is found sitting upright in cockpit during canal excavation works

Remains of RAF pilot gunned down in the Battle of France are discovered after 86 years: Squadron leader is found sitting upright in cockpit during canal excavation works

Squadron Leader George Morley Fidler, 27, was shot down by a German Messerschmitt on May 19, 1940, as he tried to protect British troops retreating to Dunkirk.

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