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TIRANA, Albania -- Sgt. John Thompson, a British World War II special operation flight engineer, was considered missing in action for more than 70 years. Not anymore.

On Monday, his 92-year-old sister Dorothy Webster received his ring from a family in Albania together with a box of debris from his Halifax bomber. The plane, with a seven-member crew onboard, had crashed in the eastern European country on Oct. 29, 1944 whilst transporting assistance to local anti-Nazi fighters.


According to the Telegraph, British and U.S. officials located the remains of the aircraft in October
(Halifax Bomber)


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-war-i ... ars-later/

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Well if I can't rollerskate around my playpen while smoking and drinking a beer, I'm staying home..

incredible circumstances!! just goes to show how the internet is shrinking the world!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!