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The B-24 aircraft was carrying 11 men when it was shot down nearly 80 years ago. Reaching it involved the deepest excavation ever undertaken to recover war remains.
The bomber s pilot, 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, a former hotel clerk from Wichita, Kan., approached the target at an altitude of about 8,000 feet. His B-24 carried eight bombs, an array of heavy machine guns, and 10 other men.