Dutch salvage mission begins for RAF bomber shot down 77 years ago

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Plane lost on way back from Berlin in 1943 was found by chance in lake near Amsterdam in 2008

After 77 years, Richard Shrubsall may finally see laid to rest the father he never knew. Leonard Shrubsall was declared missing after his plane was shot down while returning from a bombing raid on Berlin in 1943. His wife, Beatrice, was three months pregnant with Richard when she received the telegram with the news.

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