Defense agency officials say after being struck in a bombing raid, the young pilot managed to continue operating the plane so seven fellow soldiers could parachute to safety before the plane crashed.
1st Lt. William B. Montgomery, 24, of Pennsylvania was identified as a missing WWII soldier killed in a plane crash.A World War II pilot who died nearly 70 years ago has been identified as a man from Pennsylvania.
1st Lt. William B. Montgomery, 24, of Pennsylvania was identified as a missing WWII soldier killed in a plane crash.Officials say he was a member of the U.S. Army Air Forces who was killed at the age of 24 in June of 1944. The young pilot managed to continue operating the plane to allow seven other airmen to parachute to safety while he and two other members remained on board, the agency says. The plane later crashed into a farm in England, according to agency officials.
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