Lost heroes

Guy Martin helps search for the remains of three British World War Two pilots

NEW FACTUAL Guy Martin’s Lost WW2 Bomber Sunday, 9pm, C4 On 13 June 1943, Lancaster bomber ED603 was shot down over the Netherlands as it returned home to the UK following an air-raid mission over Germany. It crashed into Lake IJsselmeer, killing all seven crew members. However, while four bodies were washed ashore, the remains of flight engineer Arthur Smart, officer Charles Sprack and flight sergeant Edward Moore have never been found. Now, in C4’s Guy Martin’s Lost WW2 Bomber, the presenter and former motorcycle racer follows the national Dutch aircraft-recovery programme as they attempt to recover the plane and the remains of the missing airmen. ‘The plan is to find the missing bodies and give them a proper burial,’ says Martin, 42. ‘They paid the ultimate price for our freedom. It’s going to involve extreme…

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