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This just in, airmen from WWII found after 60 years, stories, discovery like these are so amazing, R.I.P. to the greatest generation.
Queens WWII airman, 2 others identified, to be buried
August 23, 2006, 10:58 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The remains of a Queens airman, along with those of two others that were missing in action from a World War II combat mission in 1944, have been identified and returned to their families for burial, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Tech. Sgt. Henry F. Kortebein, of Maspeth, N.Y.; 2nd Lt. David J. Nelson, of Chicago; and Tech Sgt. Blake A. Treece Jr., of Marshall, Ark., are to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, the Pentagon said.
Nelson, Kortebein and Treece were among nine airmen aboard a B-17G Flying Fortress on a mission to bomb targets near Caen, France, on Aug. 8, 1944, when the plane was hit by enemy fire and crashed near a village south of Caen.
German forces and French villagers recovered some of the remains of the crew and buried them nearby. Advancing U.S. forces found additional remains, and six of the nine men ultimately were identified. But Nelson, Kortebein and Treece remained unaccounted for.
In August 2002, a team from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, which is responsible for accounting for missing servicemen, was told that a French aircraft wreckage hunting group had found a crash site near the village where the B-17G went down. The U.S. team surveyed the site, excavated it in July 2004 and recovered human remains, personal effects and crew-related materials in the wreckage.
Also found were six unexploded 250-pound bombs.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/w...ug23,0,5477631.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
Queens WWII airman, 2 others identified, to be buried
August 23, 2006, 10:58 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The remains of a Queens airman, along with those of two others that were missing in action from a World War II combat mission in 1944, have been identified and returned to their families for burial, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Tech. Sgt. Henry F. Kortebein, of Maspeth, N.Y.; 2nd Lt. David J. Nelson, of Chicago; and Tech Sgt. Blake A. Treece Jr., of Marshall, Ark., are to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, the Pentagon said.
Nelson, Kortebein and Treece were among nine airmen aboard a B-17G Flying Fortress on a mission to bomb targets near Caen, France, on Aug. 8, 1944, when the plane was hit by enemy fire and crashed near a village south of Caen.
German forces and French villagers recovered some of the remains of the crew and buried them nearby. Advancing U.S. forces found additional remains, and six of the nine men ultimately were identified. But Nelson, Kortebein and Treece remained unaccounted for.
In August 2002, a team from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, which is responsible for accounting for missing servicemen, was told that a French aircraft wreckage hunting group had found a crash site near the village where the B-17G went down. The U.S. team surveyed the site, excavated it in July 2004 and recovered human remains, personal effects and crew-related materials in the wreckage.
Also found were six unexploded 250-pound bombs.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/w...ug23,0,5477631.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
