WWII plane crash remains found in Canada

An Avro Anson twin-engine bomber that went missing on October 30, 1942 in western Canada has been found, officials say.

A missing WWII Canadian bomber has been found (Getty)

The wreckage of a World War II military aircraft has been found in Canada's far west, solving a 72-year-old mystery surrounding its disappearance during a training flight, officials have confirmed.

The Avro Anson twin-engine bomber went missing on October 30, 1942, when it failed to return from a flight that departed Sidney, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.

Its four member crew - British Royal Air Force pilots Charles Fox and Anthony Lawrence, and Sergeant Robert Luckock as well as Royal Canadian Air Force Sergeant William Baird - were listed as missing and presumed dead.

But now their remains and artifacts have been identified, the British Columbia coroner's office said.

A logging crew discovered the wreckage of the plane in October 2013 on a mountainside near Port Renfrew, on the other side of the island, about 130 kilometres from Sidney.

The coroner used DNA testing to identify the remains.

Surviving family members of the deceased were informed of the find.