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Pictured: The Hercules C-130 plane that was stolen by Meyer.<br />
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Historians say they are on the verge of solving the 52-year-old mystery of the death of a homesick airman who stole a military plane which then crashed into the English Channel.<br />
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The tragic tale of a US Air Force mechanic Sergeant Paul Meyer has remained unsolved since the Hercules aircraft he took from a British airbase to get home vanished.

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Pic: DeeperDorset/BNPS

Pictured: The Hercules C-130 plane that was stolen by Meyer.

Historians say they are on the verge of solving the 52-year-old mystery of the death of a homesick airman who stole a military plane which then crashed into the English Channel.

The tragic tale of a US Air Force mechanic Sergeant Paul Meyer has remained unsolved since the Hercules aircraft he took from a British airbase to get home vanished.