A US official charged with finding missing service members spent two days with Indian officials discussing efforts to find about 416 World War II fliers lost over India, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for POW and Missing Personnel Affairs Jerry Jennings met Indian officials at the defence and foreign ministries in New Delhi.
”He discussed with Indian government officials joint Department of Defence operations in searching for and recovering remains of Americans who are missing from World War II,” the Pentagon said in a statement.
The Pentagon said it would like to find some 416 US service members who were lost flying supply missions to Asia over the Himalayas, called ”the hump.”
In all, at least 500 aircraft and 1 200 crew members are still missing from the China, Burma and India theatre in World War II, Jennings said in the statement.
Jennings is in charge of finding the remains of service members and returning them to their families. – Sapa-AFP