This is old news - dates back to last November (2008) - but must say I have not read anything on it before. See:
Pte. Ralph Tupper Ferns: missing Canadian veteran buried in France « The Travel Blog by TravelPod
More here:
Pvt Ralph Tupper Ferns (1919 - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial
Which states:
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Private Ferns had been listed as missing since the WWII battle of Falaise Gap in Normandy. He had been on the battlefield for six weeks when Canadian and British aircraft fired on his position, mistakenly believing it was an enemy trench. His body remained buried for over 60 years until March 2005, when a French man found a helmet in the ground near Haut Mesnil, 18 kilometres north of Falaise. When he lifted it, the well-preserved body of Ferns was underneath.
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