U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Milton L. Hymes, Jr., a navigator on a B-24J bomber, was killed in a crash over the Baltic Sea in 1944.

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WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to ...

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N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from a World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather ...