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Remains of airman missing since WWII recovered in FranceNicole BaukeAn airman whose plane was shot down during World War II is finally coming home.Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. John Canty, who served with the 555th Bombardment Squadron, 386th Bombardment Group, 9th Bomber Command, was accounted for on Jan. 22, the Air Force announced.Canty was one of eight crewmembers aboard a B-26 Maurader on a nighttime bombing mission on June 22, 1944....Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. John H. Canty, a gunner and engineer, was killed 16 days after D-Day when his B-26 Marauder was shot down just east of Caen, France. His body has been recovered by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. (Courtsey photo)Read more at: https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/02/07/remains-of-airman-missing-since-wwii-recovered-in-france/
