Remains of 21-year-old WW II aviator recovered from sunken bomber

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Crew photo for the Heaven Can Wait bomber in Papua New Guinea. Second Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr. is the middle figure in the back row, standing, with his .45 pistol in a shoulder holster. The ring recovered from the wreckage is visible on his left hand. (Courtesy of Scott Althaus)

The remains of an Army aviator recovered last year from the wreckage of his submerged bomber have been officially identified as those of 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr. of Livermore, Calif., the Defense Department said.

The Friday announcement came a year and a half after the Navy conducted a dramatic, high-tech descent to the Pacific Ocean crash site in a diving bell, recovering human remains, several dog tags and Kelly’s Army Air Forces ring…

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