8 British World War II airmen finally buried with military honours
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The British Royal Air Force (RAF) officers carry a coffin with the remains of a crew member whose plane crashed in World War II, at a burial ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, Oct 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Family members of a British Royal Air Force crew which died in an aircraft crash during World War II recite prayers during a reburial ceremony at the Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Members of the Queen's Colour Squadron carry a casket containing the remains of a crew from the British Royal Air Force, which died when their aircraft crashed during World War II, for a reburial ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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The British Royal Air Force (RAF) officers carry a coffin with the remains of a crew member whose plane crashed in World War II, at a burial ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, Oct 18, 2012. Eight British World War II airmen have been buried with military honors in Malaysia, nearly 70 years after their plane crashed while on a mission in the South-east Asian country. -- PHOTO: AP
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The British Royal Air Force (RAF) officers carry a coffin with the remains of a crew member whose plane crashed in World War II, at a burial ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, Oct 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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The British Royal Air Force (RAF) officers carry a coffin with the remains of a crew member whose plane crashed in World War II, at a burial ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, Oct 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) officers carry a coffin with the remains of a crew member whose plane crashed in World War II, at a burial ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, Oct 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Family members of a British Royal Air Force crew which died in an aircraft crash during World War II recite prayers during a reburial ceremony at the Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Members of the Queen's Colour Squadron carry a casket containing the remains of a crew from the British Royal Air Force, which died when their aircraft crashed during World War II, for a reburial ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) officers carry a coffin with the remains of a crew member whose plane crashed in World War II, at a burial ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, Oct 18, 2012. Eight British World War II airmen have been buried with military honors in Malaysia, nearly 70 years after their plane crashed while on a mission in the South-east Asian country. -- PHOTO: AP
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) officers carry a coffin with the remains of a crew member whose plane crashed in World War II, at a burial ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, Oct 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) officers carry a coffin with the remains of a crew member whose plane crashed in World War II, at a burial ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, Oct 18, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Eight British World War II airmen have been buried with military honours in Malaysia, nearly 70 years after their plane crashed while on a mission in Southeast Asia.
The eight were crew members of a Royal Air Force plane that left Cocos Island on Aug 23, 1945, to drop supplies for prisoners of war in what was then Malaya.
The plane wreckage was found in a deep jungle by tribesmen in 1991, but the remains of the airmen were not uncovered until 2009.
The eight men were remembered and honoured by name as families and relatives paid their last respects in a somber ceremony on Thursday.
