Neil Wilkinson has always been haunted by the memory of the pilot he shot down as a young gunner during the Falklands War.
He had always believed his enemy died in the wreckage of the crash.
But now the veteran has completed a remarkable journey to meet the Argentine airman he thought he had killed during the 1982 conflict.
Mr Wilkinson, from Leeds, came face to face with former enemy Mariano Velasco at his home in Argentina and was welcomed inside with open arms.
Mr Wilkinson said: "It's too massive to put into words.
"Part of it is closure really, but meeting him in the flesh I now know he is alive and we are friends." Read more Here
I wish both of these proud men well.
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