CATONSVILLE, Md. — A bombing raid over a Nazi aircraft factory in Occupied France cost Technical Sergeant Martin Bacon his life and those of most of his squad when their plane was shot down.

Now, his ultimate sacrifice takes center stage with a burial at Baltimore National Cemetery in Catonsville, and it doesn’t end here.

“To go to so much trouble to identify,” said Fort Meade Post Chaplain Col. Keith Goode, “To go to so much work to make sure not just you can say goodbye, but all the loved ones of that whole bomber crew could say goodbye.”

In a twist, we’ve learned that Tech Sgt. Bacon’s remains were believed to have been returned here to this cemetery for burial decades ago.

Bacon’s nephew, Bill “Buzzy” Bacon, recalls weekly visits to the gravesite as a child.

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