Missing RAF man Corrie McKeague’s mum searches undergrowth for her son a week before Christmas in heartbreaking image

A HEARTBREAKING image has emerged of Nicola Urquhart - the mother of missing Airman Corrie McKeague - searching for her son in the woods.

Corrie, 23, was last seen in Bury St Edmunds, ten miles from his base at RAF Honington, in the early hours of September 24.

Now, days before Christmas, his mum - a police officer from Dunfermline - has lead dozens of volunteers on a search for her son in Suffolk.

At the weekend, she told the BBC: "We're here hopefully to be able to find Corrie and if we don't find him today we will continue searching.

"It's a massive area that needs to be searched, there's no way even with the amount of people, 77 people here today, there's no way we're still going to be able to cover that whole area."

Meanwhile, as search efforts continue, a devastating Facebook post containing the image has been shared over 200,000 in one day - as social media users work to spread the word about missing Corrie.

Pippa Jones, a woman supporting the search efforts, told how "exhausted, cold, desperate" Nicola needs help as she searches for her "baby boy".

Pippa wrote: "This photo, if you knew already, would need no words.

"For those of you who don't, this is Nicola Urquhart. She's a police officer from Dunfermline, Scotland.

"What she was doing today was look for her son. A clue as to where he is, or, more likely, his body.

"This mum is searching forest undergrowth for her child. Her baby boy.

"Though an adult, he's her baby still. He will always be her baby. He's been gone 11 weeks now. It's almost Xmas.