Second Lt. Gene F. Walker was killed in Germany in 1944, nearly three months after his daughter was born. She learned in July that his remains had been identified.
Lt. William B. Montgomery flew a B-24 Liberator toward the British coast after it was hit in June 1944. Historians credit him for saving the lives of seven crew members.
In 1944, a U.S. military plane crashed in a spot the locals named “Deadman’s Torso Flat.” A team has found remains that it hopes are those of the airman.