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Excavation of an Arkansan s World War II P-38 crash site in Austria unearths possible human remains John Lovett, Fort Smith Times Record © John Lovett Bob Mitchell, 90, reads from a letter informing him possible human remains had been found at the P-38 crash site in Austria connected to his brother 2nd. Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell on July 8, 1944 near Waldegg, Austria.
On July 8, 1944, a P-38 piloted by 23-year-old 2nd Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell of Harmon crash-landed in a deeply wooded area near Waldegg, Austria after a flight sweep to Vienna with the 48th Fighter Squadron.
Ever since then, his younger brother Bob Mitchell of Fort Smith has wondered what exactly happened that day. This week, new hope came by email from the U.S. Department of POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
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By JOHN LOVETT | Times Record | Published: May 2, 2021 (Tribune News Service) On July 8, 1944, a P-38 piloted by 23-year-old 2nd Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell of Harmon, Ark., crash-landed in a deeply wooded area near Waldegg, Austria, after a flight sweep to Vienna with the 48th Fighter Squadron. Ever since then, his younger brother Bob Mitchell of Fort Smith has wondered what exactly happened that day. This week, new hope came by email from the U.S. Department of POW/MIA Accounting Agency. After decades of not being able to search the crash site, a team with the agency was recently able to conduct a forensic excavation. They have found possible human remains.
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