Re: RAF postwar KIA and MIA search
I am not in the British military but Rabe is correct the British tend to leave any war dead that have been found, in there " battlefield " graves.
I think this stems back to the First World War where the ammount of missing Tommies being discovered after the conflict was massive.
Even today you can't really walk about the somme without finding remains or certainly areas that would need investigation if it was practice to identify and remove all war dead back to Britain or a cemetary on or near the battlefield. I walked through Delville wood on the Somme a few years back and that wood alone would need a full time recovery team in place judging by the ammount stuff and personal items still on the surface and in the shell holes.
Most moving place I have ever ever visited.
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