Mortal remains of American WWII pilot to reach home in January

Guwahati | Saturday | 15th December, 2018

Summary:

During World War II, the US provided supplies to the Chinese Army by flying over the Himalayas. His name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Taguig City, Philippines, along with the other MIAs from World War II. All of them were declared deceased after an extensive search effort failed to locate the crash site a year later. GUWAHATI: After 73 years, the mortal remains of Army Air Force 1st Lieutenant Allen R Turner, who died in an aircraft crash in a remote part of Arunachal Pradesh during World War II, is set to reach his home in Brookline, USA, in January next year. Many of these aircraft went missing and were never found..