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Re: WW II Crew Remains Found In Russia

Date: September 04, 2001

"U.S. Wartime Crew Remains Found in Remote Russia

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The remains of a five-man U.S. crew that flew World War Two bombing missions against Japan were found on a volcano in the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's far east, Itar-Tass news agency reported on Tuesday.

The remains were discovered on the slopes of the 7,100-foot Muntovsky volcano, one of several active volcanoes in Kamchatka, which has a train of steam pouring from its 1.5-mile diameter crater nearly every day, Tass said.

The Ventura aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire while conducting bombing raids on Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island. It crashed while trying to land on Kamchatka, which juts far out into the Pacific Ocean.

Tass said the aircraft was first noticed by Soviet geologists in 1962. The latest search for the bodies was led by a Defense Department commission responsible for prisoners of war and servicemen missing in action.

The remains would be sent to a U.S. base in Hawaii for identification, it said."

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