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World War II bomber mystery solved

The Wellington, based at an airfield in the Midlands, was taking part in a low-level flying exercise off the Pembrokeshire coast in September 1943 when it disappeared without trace.

The bodies of two of the six man crew, including three from Canada, were later recovered by local boatmen in St Bride's Bay.

But it was only recently that part of the wheel fuselage was identified by military historians as being recovered from the seabed by a fisherman.

It is now hoped that divers will explore the area near Skomer island to recover the remainder of the parts of the bomber from 40 feet of water.

The fisherman who recovered the wreckage of the aeroplane Bobby Cairns said that he would like to join the divers in trying to establish the whereabouts of the bomber.