SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Friday that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Milton L. Hymes, Jr., 22, of Savannah, Georgia, killed during World War II, was accounted for Nov. 21, 2024.

We are getting details on his identification now, because Hymes’ family recently received their full briefing on the matter.

In June 1944, Hymes was assigned to the 565th Bombardment Squadron, 389th Bombardment Group, 2nd Combat Bomb Wing, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force, in the European Theater.

On June 20, Hymes, the navigator onboard a B-24J “Liberator” bomber, went missing in action when his plane crashed into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark after colliding with another B-24 in the same formation. The pilot and co-pilot of Hymes’ aircraft were able to bail o

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