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Latest 30 March 2019

Spitfire pilot finally laid to rest with full military honours after nearly 75 years ‘missing in action’

John Henry Coates is one of the names engraved on the Malta War Memorial, commemorating the 2,298 Commonwealth aircrew who lost their lives around the Mediterranean. But for more than…