GREAT BARDFIELD, England - Archaeologists in rural Essex, England, are excavating a World War II crash site, attempting to locate the remains of a U.S. Army Air Force pilot from Grove City, Pennsylvania, who has been missing since 1944.

Witnesses to the incident reported that the pilot did not bail out. Lowry, a member of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, has been classified as missing in action for over 80 years.

The current recovery operation is a partnership between Cotswold Archaeology, a UK-based organization, and the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). Previous efforts to excavate the site for remains were unsuccessful.

Lowry, who entered the service from Pennsylvania, is memorialized on the Wall of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Engla

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