The Sunday Post (Newcastle)

RAF hail lost Scots comrade

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The RAF paid tribute to gunner Corrie McKeague as family and friends attended a memorial service held for him at his former base.

McKeague, an airman from Dunfermlin­e, Fife, was 23 when he vanished in the early hours of September 24 2016 on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Earlier this year, an inquest recorded in a narrative conclusion that McKeague got into a bin that was then emptied into a waste lorry.

His mother, Nicola Urquhart, greeted mourners outside the church at RAF Honington, where he was stationed, as the City of Norwich Pipe Band played ahead of the service yesterday.

Attendees wore yellow, blue and green after the family encouraged mourners to wear bright colours to the service.

Station Commander Group Captain Dutch Holland also paid tribute to the Scots serviceman at the event.

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