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Remains of WWII pilot from Michigan identified after 8 decades

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DETROIT (AP) — Military scientists have identified the remains of an Army Air Forces pilot from Michigan eight decades after he died during a World War II bombing mission in Southeast Asia. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday the remains of 2nd Lt. John E. McLauchlen Jr. of Detroit were identified in January and will be buried this summer at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. McLauchlen, 25, was the pilot of a B-24J Liberator bomber durin…

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WWII pilot from Michigan identified 8 decades after fatal bombing mission

Second Lt. John E. McLauchlen Jr. of Detroit was the 25-year-old pilot of a B-24J Liberator bomber during a December 1943 bombing mission. The mission targeted a railroad yard in

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The remains of a WWII pilot from Michigan are identified 8 decades after a fatal bombing mission

DETROIT (AP) — Military scientists have identified the remains of an Army Air Forces pilot from Michigan eight decades after he died during a World War II bombing mission in Southeast Asia.

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