LAST CHAPTER IN LOVE STORY THAT BEGAN IN 1935

A Lancaster, the type of bomber in which John Coltman was killed

- WORDS by Rachel Deakin

AN AMERICAN woman has travelled more than 5,000 miles to pay her last respects to the fiancé she had never met - 53 years after his death.

Margaret Molinaro’s dream came true when she and her daughter, Virginia, visited Loughborough, the home town of pen pal fiancé John Coltman of Burleigh Hall.

Tragically, the World War II RAF navigator's Lancaster bomber was shot down before the couple ever had the chance to meet.