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26th May 2015, 23:14
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Remains of WWII fighter pilot killed in 1944 crash in Germany identified
"U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Alvin Beethe of Elk Creek, Neb., is to be buried June 8 at Arlington National Cemetery more than 70 years after he failed to return from a bombing mission in the western part of Germany, said the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
On Nov. 26, 1944, Beethe was piloting a P-38 Lightning aircraft that didn’t make it back from an operation against enemy forces." http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans...ified-1.348703 Bronc 
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