An RAF Spitfire pilot whose remains were found nearly 75 years after he was shot down over Italy has been given a burial with full military honours.

Warrant Officer John Henry “Harry” Coates died after his fighter plane was hit by flak during a raid on shipping south of Venice in March 1945.

His immediate family, including his mother, all died without knowing where or how he had lost his life.

His remains, and that of his Spitfire, were found by local enthusiasts from a group called Romagna Air Finders in 2017.

His identity was confirmed after DNA was taken from relatives back in the UK.