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Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force retired-Capt. Jocelyne Letain cleans aircraft parts found at a crash site in Essex, England, Sept. 23, 2025. In January 1944, U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd. Lt. Lester Lowry was flying a P-47 Thunderbolt out of RAF Bodney, Norfolk, on a training flight over Essex, when he was involved in an accident as the aircraft dove vertically at speed and crashed into a field. Lowry was the only person on the plane and according to local residents at the time, did not have the opportunity to bail out. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen from RAF Mildenhall show a few of the almost-5,000 artefacts which have been discovered during a six-week archaeological recovery on private farmland in Essex, England, Sept. 23, 2025. The area is a crash site of a World War II U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt which went down Jan. 26, 1944, during a training flight from RAF Bodney, Norfolk. The aim of the recovery, led by Cotswold Archaeology in partnership with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, was to locate evidence from the aircraft and, if possible, recover remains related to its young pilot – 2nd Lt. Lester Lowry – for repatriation to the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen from RAF Mildenhall show a few of the almost-5,000 artefacts which have been discovered during a six-week archaeological recovery on private farmland in Essex, England, Sept. 23, 2025. The area is a crash site of a World War II U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt, which went down Jan. 26, 1944, during a training flight from RAF Bodney, Norfolk. The aim of the recovery, led by Cotswold Archaeology in partnership with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, was to locate evidence from the aircraft and, if possible, recover remains related to its young pilot – 2nd Lt. Lester Lowry – for repatriation to the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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Volunteers working with Cotswold Archaeology, in partnership with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency are reflected in the sunglasses of a U.S. Air Force Airman from RAF Mildenhall, as they work together sieving earth as part of an archaeological recovery on private farmland in Essex, England, Sept. 23, 2025. Airmen from RAFs Mildenhall, Lakenheath, Feltwell, Molesworth, Croughton and Welford volunteered over a six-week period to assist in locating evidence from a P-47 Thunderbolt crash in January 1944. The operation also aims to recover remains related to the P-47 pilot, 2nd Lt. Lester Lowry. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to RAF Mildenhall sieves through from a specific, surveyed area on private farmland in Essex, England, Sept. 23, 2025. Almost 5,000 artefacts and small aircraft parts relating to the crash have been discovered by archaeologists, in partnership with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Airmen from RAFs Mildenhall, Lakenheath, Feltwell, Molesworth, Croughton and Welford volunteered over a six-week period to investigate the crash site of World War II U.S. Army Air Forces pilot, 2nd Lt. Lester Lowry, and his aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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Local civilian volunteers Mark Ratcliff, right, and Gary Maddocks, wet sieve earth on private farmland as part of an investigation of a crash site of a World War II U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt in Essex, England, Sept. 23, 2025. Almost 5,000 artefacts and small aircraft parts relating to the cockpit, fuselage, wings, engines and machine guns have been discovered by archaeologists, in partnership with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. U.S. Air Force Airmen from around the United Kingdom volunteered over a six-week period with a variety of fieldwork including metal detecting, surveying using geophysics, and washing and sorting finds. The operation also aims to recover remains related to the P-47 pilot, 2nd Lt. Lester Lowry. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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U.S. Air Force Andrew McCaffrey, left, 100th Air Refueling Wing, and Staff Sgt. Austin Newkirk, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron, dry sieve earth from a specific, surveyed area on private farmland in Essex, England, Sept. 23, 2025. They were part of a team of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army volunteers from RAFs Mildenhall, Lakenheath, Feltwell, Croughton, Welford and RAF Molesworth, working alongside local community volunteers and U.K. military and veterans from Operation Nightingale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Ian Kline, 351st Air Refueling Squadron, dry sieves earth from a specific, surveyed area on private farmland in Essex, England, Sept. 23, 2025. Kline was part of a team of U.S. Air Force volunteers from RAFs Mildenhall and other bases around the U.K. working alongside local community volunteers, U.S. Army soldiers, U.K. military and veterans from Operation Nightingale, and a retired veteran from the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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Volunteers work to sieve earth at the crash site of a P-47 Thunderbolt, which went down during a training flight in January 1944, from a specific, forensically surveyed area on private farmland in Essex, England, Sept. 23, 2025. Almost 5,000 artefacts and small aircraft parts relating to the crash have been discovered by archaeologists, in partnership with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Active-duty and retired U.S., Canadian and U.K. military volunteers, along with local community volunteers, helped locate evidence of the aircraft over a six-week period, as part of an investigation of the crash site of World War II U.S. Army Air Forces pilot, 2nd Lt. Lester Lowry, and his aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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A box holds some of the almost 5,000 artefacts and small aircraft parts from a P-47 Thunderbolt which came down during a training flight Jan. 26, 1944, at the crash site on private farmland in Essex, England, Sept. 23, 2025. The finds were discovered by archaeologists and volunteers in partnership with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Volunteers from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Canada and the Ministry of Defence’s Operation Nightingale program, together with the local community members, worked together over a six-week period to investigate the crash site of World War II U.S. Army Air Forces pilot, 2nd Lt. Lester Lowry, and his aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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Team Mildenhall hosts their first Warrior Fitness Challenge

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. James Wall, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, carries a water hose across a field during the Warrior Fitness Challenge at RAF Mildenhall, England, Oct. 3, 2025. This station required two people to carry a fire hose across a soccer field and back again. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Katie Mullikin)

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Team Mildenhall hosts their first Warrior Fitness Challenge

Team Mildenhall members gather for a group photo during the Warrior Fitness Challenge at RAF Mildenhall, England, Oct. 3, 2025. The challenge promoted individual fitness and camaraderie through testing physical strength and teamwork to complete different stations set up throughout the installation to demonstrate a warrior’s ethos. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Katie Mullikin)

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Team Mildenhall hosts their first Warrior Fitness Challenge

Team Mildenhall members build a deployment pallet during the Warrior Fitness Challenge at RAF Mildenhall, England, Oct. 3, 2025. This station tested the Airmen’s readiness and knowledge on how to secure a pallet of deployment equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Katie Mullikin)

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Team Mildenhall hosts their first Warrior Fitness Challenge

Team Mildenhall members gather for a group photo during the Warrior Fitness Challenge at RAF Mildenhall, England, Oct. 3, 2025. The challenge promoted individual fitness and camaraderie through testing physical strength and teamwork to complete different stations set up throughout the installation to demonstrate a warrior’s ethos. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Katie Mullikin)

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Team Mildenhall hosts their first Warrior Fitness Challenge

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. James Wall, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, carries a water hose across a field during the Warrior Fitness Challenge at RAF Mildenhall, England, Oct. 3, 2025. This station required two people to carry a fire hose across a soccer field and back again. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Katie Mullikin)

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Team Mildenhall hosts their first Warrior Fitness Challenge

Team Mildenhall members complete a ruck around the flightline during the Warrior Fitness Challenge at RAF Mildenhall, England, Oct. 3, 2025. The Warrior Fitness Challenge was a physical and mental test that emphasized self-discipline, resilience and a grit mindset to demonstrate a warrior’s ethos. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Katie Mullikin)

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Team Mildenhall hosts their first Warrior Fitness Challenge

The Warrior Fitness Challenge trophy sits on display at RAF Mildenhall, England, Oct. 3, 2025. This is the first Warrior Fitness Challenge hosted at RAF Mildenhall and it demonstrated Airmen’s readiness to be fit to fight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Katie Mullikin)

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Team Mildenhall hosts their first Warrior Fitness Challenge

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. James Wall, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, gives opening remarks to begin the Warrior Fitness Challenge at RAF Mildenhall, England, Oct. 3, 2025. The challenge promoted individual fitness and camaraderie through testing physical strength and teamwork to complete different stations set up throughout the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Katie Mullikin)

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U.S. Air Force Col. Steven Byrum, 100th Air Refueling Wing commander, operates a deicing rig during a wing leadership immersion hosted by the 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, England, Nov. 21, 2025. The basket elevates to give the operator a clear view of the surfaces being treated during deicing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Iris Prochaska)

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U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. James Wall, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, operates a deicing rig during a wing leadership immersion hosted by the 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, England, Nov. 21, 2025. Deicing is a key winter procedure that prepares aircraft for flight and helps crews launch safely. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Iris Prochaska)

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