WWII pilot to get military burial

The wreckage lay in The Wash for almost 60 years

An RAF pilot whose body was found 60 years after his fighter plane was downed in World War Two is to be buried with full military honours.

Sergeant William Reidy, 20, from Boscombe, Bournemouth, was killed when his Mosquito fighter bomber dived into the sea off Norfolk in March 1945.

The wreckage was spotted during a survey of a rarely-used shipping channel at King's Lynn in April.

Sgt Reidy is to be laid to rest with his five military medals at RAF Marham.

Night-fighter unit

Leading the ceremony on Tuesday 24 May will be his younger brother and sister.

Ex-comrades are expected to attend.

A salvage team from Plymouth lifted the plane

The family will also visit King's Lynn harbour, where the wreckage was found, to pay their respects.

Sgt Reidy was a member of 85 Squadron during the war, which was a night-fighter unit.

The de Haviland Mosquito was on a training mission on 20 March when it crashed.

Fellow pilot Flt-Lt Gabriel Ellis also died on the mission.

The remains of the Mosquito plane have been donated to the RAF Museum.

An MoD marine salvage team from Plymouth lifted the wreckage after it was located by a Royal Navy diving team from Portsmouth.