The remains of a World War II airman were identified 80 years after his plane was shot down during a bombing mission in Germany, military officials said this week.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The remains of a missing Staten Island airman of World War II’s “Greatest Generation” have been identified after 80 years.

Military authorities say Tech. Sgt. James Howie, an Army Air Force member from Illinois, was identified using DNA testing nearly eight decades after he was killed during World War II.

The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Bernard J. Calvi were identified more than 82 years following his death in a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines.

The remains of a Massachusetts airman who died as a prisoner of war during World War II have been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday. U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Bernard J ...

Forensics investigators identified the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn Hodak nearly 80 years after his B-29 bomber was shot down over Tokyo in March 1945.

An Army Air Forces member who was killed 80 years ago during World War II has been identified and accounted for, and will be laid to rest in his Illinois hometown days after Memorial Day.

The remains of a Massachusetts airman whose aircraft was shot down over Germany during World War II have been identified, and he will soon come home to be buried.

His remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania.

The remains of a World War II airman were identified 80 years after his plane was shot down during a bombing mission in Germany, military officials said this week.

The remains of a Massachusetts airman who died as a prisoner of war during World War II have been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday. U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Bernard J ...

The remains of a World War II airman were identified 80 years after his plane was shot down during a bombing mission in Germany, military officials said this week.