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By: 27th April 2012 at 19:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Sad but good news
By: 27th April 2012 at 20:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Agreed, at least he finally makes it home to USA soil.
By: 27th April 2012 at 20:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Another one home.
Thanks Alan.
By: 27th April 2012 at 21:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-More here ;
http://bdtonline.com/cnhi/x1378301406/Soldiers-return-ends-a-sad-mystery
http://fox2now.com/2012/04/26/wwii-fighter-pilot-remains-found/
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/herald-review/obituary.aspx?n=charles-r-moritz-butch&pid=157250283
With thanks to the
BAAC ; http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/index.htm
and LARG ; http://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/museum/the-aircraft-recovery-group.htm
By: 30th April 2012 at 15:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-On ITV Calendar for Lincs , Notts and Yorks on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings this week ;
http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/story/2012-04-30/body-of-american-world-war-ii-pilot-repatriated/
Again with thanks to LARG
By: 30th April 2012 at 15:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Thanks for the "heads-up" David - I shall watch out for that.
By: 8th May 2012 at 02:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-There are a couple of news items now available about 2nd Lt Moritz's funeral, which was held over the weekend, I'm glad to see one of the group who excavated the site was able to get out to the States for the funeral, certainly quite a distance to travel.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/318964/3/Remains-of-Effingham-airman-buried-after-nearly-70-years
http://effinghamdailynews.com/local/x474414463/Community-welcomes-English-couple-at-funeral
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By: Alan Clark - 27th April 2012 at 19:20
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/317773/3/Body-of-2nd-Lt-Charles-Butch-Moritz-returns-home-from-England
The aircraft was P-51C 42-103007 of the 496th FTG at Goxhill, collided with 42-103036 flown by Robert H. Magnuson on the 7th June 1944, they crashed near Market Rasen, Lincs.