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A Typhoon in the air.<br />
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The remains of a 'lost' British airman have been discovered 75 years after his plane crashed in Holland.<br />
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Flight Sergeant William Hurrell was killed when his RAF Typhoon was hit by an enemy plane as he flew to the aid of besieged paratroopers at Arnhem in 1944.<br />
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The single-seater fighter-bomber was seen to plummet into farmland 12 miles north of Dutch city.

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Pic: AndrewBoakes/BNPS

A Typhoon in the air.

The remains of a 'lost' British airman have been discovered 75 years after his plane crashed in Holland.

Flight Sergeant William Hurrell was killed when his RAF Typhoon was hit by an enemy plane as he flew to the aid of besieged paratroopers at Arnhem in 1944.

The single-seater fighter-bomber was seen to plummet into farmland 12 miles north of Dutch city.