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In Padua War Cemetery, Italy
Sgt David Kennedy Raikes, 20, pilot
Flt Sgt Alexander Thomas Bostock, 20, radio operator
Flt Sgt David Millard Perkins, 20, navigator
Warrant Officer John Penboss Hunt, 21, gunner
have just been buried. They died on the night of April 21st 1945, a few days before the end of the war, and their remains were only found two years ago thanks to the work of a few amateur Italian historians. Three of them not old enough to buy a beer in the USA. The pilot, David Raikes, was a poet. In 1954 The Poems of David Raikes was published by Fantasy Press: impossible to find now. His poetry was thought worth a mention and a brief quote in the media articles today. I thought at least one should get a full airing.
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