WWII airman’s remains returned home

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According to the website Pacific Wrecks, Shaffer's plane was part of a bombing mission against Japanese forces located on a series of islands in the Kwajalein Atoll. Shaffer's plane took off 17 minutes after B-24J "Miss Bee Haven" which also crashed after take off, although some of those crew members survived. Water in the fuel is believed to be the cause of both crashes.

The mission's target, was a one-square-mile island known as Roi-Namur, located on the northern portion of the Kwajalein Atoll, which is located in the Marshall Islands.



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