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Pictured: Archaeologists search for remains in a field in Arundel in 2019.<br />
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A second 'lost' World War Two airman who was killed when his aircraft crashed on a British farm has been found, it was revealed today. <br />
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Sergeant John Holoka died alongside two colleagues who remained in the stricken bomber which came down on land near Arundel, West Sussex, in June 1944.<br />
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The body of co-pilot Sgt John Crowther was recovered at the time but Sgt Holoka and pilot Lieutenant William Montgomery had been missing ever since the crash.<br />
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Archaeologists carried out three excavations over a four year period at the wreck site and last week it was confirmed the remains of Lt Montgomery had been found and identified.

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Pictured: Archaeologists search for remains in a field in Arundel in 2019.

A second 'lost' World War Two airman who was killed when his aircraft crashed on a British farm has been found, it was revealed today.

Sergeant John Holoka died alongside two colleagues who remained in the stricken bomber which came down on land near Arundel, West Sussex, in June 1944.

The body of co-pilot Sgt John Crowther was recovered at the time but Sgt Holoka and pilot Lieutenant William Montgomery had been missing ever since the crash.

Archaeologists carried out three excavations over a four year period at the wreck site and last week it was confirmed the remains of Lt Montgomery had been found and identified.