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Missing B-24D aircrew found in New Guinea.

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  1. RAM

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    RAM, Jul 28, 2011
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    Wonderful to hear! Still so many missing remains to find, it is really sad.
     
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  3. Jumpmastereast

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    It is always great to hear about our missing being found and we we still look for our missing from any war. I think good tax money going to good use for once.
     
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    From the Pacific Wrecks website:

    Pacific Wrecks - B-24D-115-CO "Shack Rat" Serial Number 42-40918

    B-24D-115-CO "Shack Rat" Serial Number 42-40918
    Aircraft History
    Built by Consolidated. Constructors Number 1995. Assigned to the 90th Bombardment Group, 320th Bombardment Squadron. Nicknamed "Shack Rat". When lost, engines R-1830-43 serial numbers 42-87514, 42-37673, 42-87690 and 42-86832.
    Mission History
    Took off from 5-Mile Drome near Port Moresby on a reconnaissance mission. Seven hours into the mission were directed to return to. Last contact was at 1430 when ordered to land at Dobudura due to bad weather at Port Moresby. Fighter Sector Command was tracking an aircraft in the Huon Bay area when it disappeared off the scope. In fact, this B-24 crashed in the Sarawaget Mountain Range in Morobe Province in bad weather.

    This story was also reported earlier this year.
     
    syscom3, Jul 28, 2011
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    Two members of the crew were from Western PA:

    "Their mission was a secret. Their deaths were a mystery.

    "For more than 60 years, no one knew what had become of the "Shack Rat," a B-24D Liberator bomber, and its 12-member crew, lost in the South Pacific during World War II.

    "Next week, the men -- including 2nd Lt. Regis E. Dietz, 28, of Highland Park, and Staff Sgt. Clyde "Pete" Green, 24, of Erie -- will receive full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, where some of the crewmen's remains, finally recovered, will be buried.

    "Bob Dietz, 63, of Ambridge, will be there to honor the uncle he never knew."

    68 years later, lost airmen are interred


    Dave
     
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    Welcome home to the men of the Shack Rat.
     
    Clementine, Jul 30, 2011
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  7. Jumpmastereast

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    Have to agree with Clementine, welcome home.
     
    Jumpmastereast, Jul 30, 2011
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