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- HOBART, March 21—The hoiJy’ of Lieut, W nil ace Montgomery, reported missing in action over Mii£ tin nan in March of 1945, lias been recovered in llic mountains.of that island, his brother, .11, M, Montgomery, has been notified by the war department. .UeuL Montgomery, pilot of a 13-24 bomber, had : been overseas abotil three months = when his plan? went down while on a;bombing mission. Two nnfivo hunters recently .discovered the.remains of IhGi .wrecked -plane - high in Mhc mountains.’ v : ...... .. til! .S. - aitfofte-anthropologists linye1 proved lhal the bodies of 11 white* men weft In the.1 wreckage, fdoutiftcalion ,oF the : CftW. -wiis Iwscc] on the;;facbthnl n men comprised the crew of LiciU.' Montgomery's plane on Its last flight and. two mclal Identification tags belonging 1o crew, members were found at-the. scene of the crash,Lieut., ,Montgomery was born and reared on'a farm nine miles south of Hobarl. He- attended Northwestern Slate' Teachers}college for two years 'and enlisted in the air corps In 1942.
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Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Sat, Mar 22, 1952
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