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UNBELIEVABLE: Missing wwii pilots remains identified - The Untold Story

The remains of American pilot 1st Lt Franklin McKinney, whose aircraft crashed in Lampang during a reconnaissance mission in 1944, is honoured during a ceremony before being repatriated to the US. (Photos: US Embassy in Bangkok)

The US Embassy in Bangkok has expressed gratitude to Thailand for its cooperation in locating and identifying the remains of an American pilot who went missing during World War II, bringing closure to a mystery that lasted more than 80 years.

In a Facebook post on Monday, the embassy said the identification fulfilled the US pledge to "leave no one behind".

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