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WW II B-24 Crewman Coming Home....

The remains of another WW II B-24D VET will be "coming home" to a final resting place.  http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/14/68-years-later-wwii-airman-martin-murrays-body-found-on-south/

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    Steven,
    Is there any information regarding what outfit Lt. Martin
    was serving with when he and his crew were lost?
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    Bob,
    Based on the news report Steven provided it appears this it the crew involved.
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    Steven,
    Is there any information regarding what outfit Lt. Martin
    was serving with when he and his crew were lost?
    Bob


    Bob,  Hal has posted the info referring to Martin Murray's A/C and Jack Votz's crew. May they RIP!
    MACR Country Date Aircraft Type AAF S/N Group Sqdn Pilot 963  NGU  431027  B-24D  42-40918  90BG  320BS  Volz, Jack E 

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    Hal & Steven
    Hal, thanks for posting the MACR, the information is appreciated.
    And Steven, thanks for the initial posting and follow-up.
     
    Is there any way of knowing if the folks at the 90thBG Association
    have been contacted regarding this recovery?
     
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    Hi, Bob,  Yes, I had posted this on the 90th BG sub-forum once I had a bit more info.  Thanks for the reminder....

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    This is a link to his Find A Grave Memorial
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Murray&GSfn=martin&GSmn=Patrick+&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=68341263&df=all&
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    Linda,  Thank you for posting the link!!!    Very fitting for one of our VETS!!!

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    memorials at http://www.findagrave.com...e=gr&GRid=56762424
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