Waterloo Region Record

German pilot from Second World War crash identified

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A Danish newspaper says the pilot of a German Second World War airplane that crashed into a northern Denmark swamp more than 70 years ago has been identified. Daily Nordjyske said Friday that Hans Wunderlich, 19, who crashed Oct. 10, 1944, has no next of kin and may be buried in a war cemetery in Denmark. Earlier this month, 14-year-old Daniel Rom Kristianse­n was checking out a story about a Nazi Germany plane that had crashed 250 kilometres northwest of Copenhagen. Using a metal detector, he found the engine, guns and twisted fuselage parts five to six metres undergroun­d. He also unearthed a German Luftwaffe uniform, a book and bones.

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