{"id":2253886,"date":"2024-05-27T16:30:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T20:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-believes-it-knows-where-missing-wwii-pilot-is-puts-out-desperate-call-for-help-2\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T16:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T20:32:06","slug":"us-believes-it-knows-where-missing-wwii-pilot-is-puts-out-desperate-call-for-help-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-believes-it-knows-where-missing-wwii-pilot-is-puts-out-desperate-call-for-help-2\/","title":{"rendered":"US Suspects Location of Lost WWII Pilot, Seeks Urgent Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-believes-it-knows-where-missing-wwii-pilot-is-puts-out-desperate-call-for-help-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253886&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This Memorial \u200cDay, Cotswold\u2063 Archaeology team,\u2062 in collaboration with the\u2063 U.S. Defense Department, \u200dembarks on \u200can arduous endeavor to recover the remains of a \u200dWWII pilot,\u2062 missing since\u200d his plane crashed in 1944 in East Anglia, \u200bEngland. The plane was reportedly \u2064carrying a load of 12,000lbs of \u2064Torpex,\u2064 which exploded on impact. Despite the site being\u200c waterlogged, filled with sediment, and overgrown, the team is \u200cconfident and determined. They believe this is \u200ca fitting activity to remember those \u200dwho gave their lives for the\u200d freedom of the U.S. and U.K. Besides \u2063this, another team is working in\u2062 Normandy, France,\u2062 to locate three missing airmen from\u2064 D-Day. The name of \u200bthe pilot they are searching for in England has \u2064not been shared, as more than 72,000 WWII service\u200b members are\u2064 yet to \u200dbe \u200caccounted for.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 27, 2024 at 11:49am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>It\u2019s a fitting activity for Memorial Day.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Defense Department has called out for help from Cotswold Archaeology to uncover the remains of a pilot officially listed as missing since his B-17 Flying Fortress bomber went down in East Anglia, England, in 1944.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be working at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-believes-it-knows-where-missing-wwii-pilot-is-puts-out-desperate-call-for-help\/\" title=\"US Suspects WWII Pilot's Location, Seeks Urgent Help\">exceptionally special site<\/a> for the next six weeks,\u201d the company wrote in a Facebook post last week. \u201cThis woodland is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grave-and-statue-of-economist-adam-smith-flagged-for-slavery-and-colonialism-in-scotland\/\" title=\"Grave And Statue Of Economist Adam Smith Flagged For \u2018Slavery And Colonialism\u2019 In Scotland\">final resting place<\/a> of a WWII B-17 pilot whose plane came to earth when the controls failed in 1944.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Defense POW \/ MIA Accounting Agency have tasked us with recovering remains of this young man, termed MIA after his load of 12,000lbs of Torpex exploded on impact,\u201d the post explained. \u201cThis excavation will not be easy \u2014 the crash crater is waterlogged and filled with 80 years\u2019 worth of sediment, the trees and undergrowth are thick, and all soil must be meticulously sieved to hopefully recover plane ID numbers, personal effects, and any human remains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll take you with us over the coming weeks, as we do what we can to return him home,\u201d the post concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The area became the headquarters of the Allies\u2019 \u201cBomber War\u201d to defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/churchill-fdr-said-fight-hitler-preservation-christian-civilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hitler\u2019s Germany<\/a> in World War II, according the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/events-programs\/educational-travel\/mighty-eighth-in-england\/sept-6-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> of the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018This is an almost impossible endeavour and the significant thing is that we try, despite that\u2019 said Lead Archaeologist, Sam Wilson, and he couldn\u2019t be more right,\u201d the group wrote in a Memorial Day post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are 30 of us on our B-17 site today, a third are US citizens including our downed pilot,\u201d the post said. \u201cWe\u2019ve needed to shovel out the debris and bucket most of the crater water by hand, to avoid losing or damaging any fragile remains, and (as you know) it seems to have done nothing but rain, at times entirely negating our efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will this pilot be brought home?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Despite having plenty of hard work to do, the team was planning a moment to remember those men and women who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/many-americans-forget-reason-memorial-day-grateful-dutch-people-preserving-memory-field-white-crosses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave everything<\/a> they had to keep our two nations \u2014 the U.S. and U.K. \u2014 safe and free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 3pm today we\u2019ll be switching off the pumps and generators, and downing tools, as we take a moment of silence on Memorial Day to reflect on lives lost,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Images accompanying both posts showed just what a challenge the team faced, including several feet of accumulated muck and mud through which team members had to search.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the pilot Cotswold is searching for has not been released, but more than 72,000 World War II service members have yet to be accounted for, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/archaeologists-search-crash-site-world-war-ii-bomber-remains-lost-us-pilot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>CBS reported that another team with the Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency was working in Normandy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-french-authorities-report-sixth-fatality-new-caledonia-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France<\/a>, to locate another three missing airmen whose plane went down on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anniversary-d-day-approaching-soul-stirring-sight-appears-normandy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D-Day<\/a> after being hit by anti-aircraft fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a real honor being here on this recovery mission,\u201d Air Force Master Sgt. Raul Castillo said of that mission, which he was leading. \u201cIt\u2019s a humbling experience, and I\u2019m happy to help bring the full accounting of the missing to their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s a more fitting activity for Memorial Day, I don\u2019t know what it is. Let\u2019s pray that these boys will be located and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sonny-boy-saunders-laid-to-rest-in-texas-80-years-after-pearl-harbor-welcome-home-and-god-bless-you\/\" title=\"\u2018Sonny Boy\u2019 Saunders Laid to Rest in Texas 80 Years After Pearl Harbor: 'Welcome Home and God Bless You'\">brought back home<\/a>, where they belong.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">desperately needed truth<\/a> to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Memorial Day, the US Defense Department sought Cotswold Archaeology&#8217;s help to locate the remains of a pilot missing since 1944. His B-17 Flying Fortress bomber crashed in East Anglia, England. 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