11 Airmen's Remains Id'd

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DOVER, Del. (AP) -- The remains of 11 airmen whose bomber disappeared during a World War II mission over the southwestern Pacific have been identified and are being returned for burial with military honors, Pentagon officials said Friday.

The men were members of the Army Air Forces 43rd Bomber Group, 63rd Bomber Squadron. They were listed as missing after their B-24 Liberator, the Swan, failed to return from a mission on Dec. 3, 1943.

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11 Airmen's Remains Id'd

The crew had departed from New Guinea on a reconnaissance mission over New Hanover Island in the Bismarck Sea. They report...

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