Lost World War II plane found after 72 years

[James G. Stoveken]

WWII mystery solved

[Chris Johnson]

BBC News Item

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

First date: 25 June 1941 - Taken on strength at Aircraft Repair, Edmonton, Alberta

to Western Air Command on 5 November 1941, for use at No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Went missing while on a routine navigation exercise near Vancouver Island, British Columbia: believed crashed into Patricia Bay on 30 October 1942. Still not recovered when struck off.

last date: 1 December 1942 - Struck off charge as "missing"

The wreckage was found near Lake Cowichan in January 2014.

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