The WW2 pilot's remains were discovered in the Netherlands in 2019.
Flt Sgt Hurrell's remains were discovered in 2019 after Dutch authorities excavated the crash site on farmland near the village of Eefde, LochemFlt Sgt William Robert Stephen Hurrell, from East Ham, died when his RAF Typhoon was hit by an enemy plane over Arnhem in September 1944.
The service was attended by members of Flt Sgt Hurrell's family, who had travelled from Australia, representatives of the RAF, the British Embassy in the Netherlands, and dignitaries from the municipality of Lochem. "When we heard about the salvage project we were over the moon. Representing the rest of my family back home means a lot.
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