Sydney Wigginton was just a week away from returning home to his wife and son in Britain when the Dakota KN 584 took off from Rangoon on September 7, 1945, destined for Calcutta via Taungoo.

More than 60 years after a plane crashed in the Kayin Hills at the end of World War Two, killing all 16 allied soldiers onboard, families of the deceased have paid their respects at a ceremony in Yangon, finally bringing some closure.