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At 18 meters deep, facing the Mediterranean island of Crsega, a team of American architects, badisted by the French Navy, search for the remains of a pilot fallen at sea during the World War II to keep his promise
"a matter of honor for the US military: we do not leave behind those who are on the battlefield, a promise that we will fulfill even today" 75 years later, "AFP Simon Hankinson, – General of the United States based in Marseille (south-east), who closely follows the research of Pluto, the basic ship of the divers of the French navy.
Facing the eastern coast of the island of Crsega, south of Bastia, ten French divers and ten Americans have explored the bottom of the Mediterranean from June 25 to this year in search of remains to identify the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt caa fell to the sea in 1944. Another 30-47, but his pil
Discovered in the 1980s, the aircraft in which the research is concentrated was photographed in 2012 by a diver. "These salvage projects take years," said AFP Dan Friedman, US Navy lieutenant, responsible for this research mission to the US Defense Agency (POW) / MIA Accounting Agency ( ACCA).
This agency of the US Department of Defense has been tasked with finding the bodies of 83,000 American prisoners of war or combatants since the Second World War; 27,500 would be in the Mediterranean, of which 8,000 could, according to estimates, be found
– "Close a chapter in history" –
Underwater, French divers tried to recover Monday with help "
" We apply the same methods as terrestrial archeology, we must be very rigorous and accurate in order not to let any bone or detail pbad through, "explains the researcher Ordered by Pluto
Placed in a metal box that floats on the surface, these sediments are then transferred to dozens of vials which are then reviewed by specialists
"We separate the potential evidence that we have subjected to deep cleaning. said Ezra Swanson, a 30-year-old US Army engineer, while looking with his hands in the middle of small pieces of metal.
All of these items to send to two labs the DPAA in Hava and Nebraska to undergo a DNA test.
"As a police investigation, it is a proof, we can not disclose it until the case is over. is not resolved, "said Peter Bojakowski, underwater archaeologist of the DPAA, who wants to believe that the pilot will be identified" given the amount of evidence found. "
Of the elements taken so far, a fragment of the pilot's personal identification plate, "details the commander of AFP at Pluto
.These findings will be decisive." When the remains of someone who died 75 years ago, overwhelming for the family (…), but allows us to close a chapter of history, "stresses the cnsul [19659002] The remains of the pilot will be buried, as he wishes his family, at the National Cemetery of Arlington, Virgnia, or in one of the American cemeteries of France.
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