A World War II B-24 Bomber Missing for 74 years Has Been Found
To this day, there are still more than 72,000 U.S. service members unaccounted for from World War II
By Danielle Radin
It was March 11, 1944 when the aircraft called "Heaven Can Wait," carrying 11 crew members went on a mission in their B-24 Bomber during World War II. The aircraft and its missing crew members would become a mystery for decades.
The B-24 was shot down by enemy fire, causing it to crash into the ocean. In 2017, a search ensued using scanning sonars, imagers and advanced diving. The aircraft was found in Papua New Guinea.
The effort was by Project Recover, a collaborative team of marine scientists, archaeologists and volunteers that combine efforts to locate aircraft associated with MIA's from World War II, including experts from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla.
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72,000 US service members still unaccounted for from World War II.
