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A heroic World War II Bomber Command pilot is to be honoured thanks to a fundraising campaign to give him a fitting send off.
War veteran Stan Franks completed a staggering 31 missions over Germany by the time he was 19 in the midst of the Second World War.
But the 88-year-old decorated war hero was found dead at his home in Fobbing, Essex, where he lived alone, in October after locals became concerned for his welfare.
He had been due to have a pauper's funeral before fund-raisers stepped in to raise thousands of pounds for a fitting funeral for the veteran.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/...tting-funeral-after-fundraising-campaign.html
War veteran Stan Franks completed a staggering 31 missions over Germany by the time he was 19 in the midst of the Second World War.
But the 88-year-old decorated war hero was found dead at his home in Fobbing, Essex, where he lived alone, in October after locals became concerned for his welfare.
He had been due to have a pauper's funeral before fund-raisers stepped in to raise thousands of pounds for a fitting funeral for the veteran.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/...tting-funeral-after-fundraising-campaign.html
