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The Defence Department says the remains of a Second World War airman found in a German lake in 2008 have been identified as those of Flight Sgt. John Joseph Carey of Ottawa.
Carey was 22 years old and the front air gunner in a Royal Air Force Halifax bomber when it took off for a raid against Germany on Aug. 28, 1942.
The plane was shot down by a fighter aircraft and crashed in Laacher See, a lake south of Bonn, Germany.
In 2008, a team of German explosives-disposal experts conducted several dives on the crash site to assess the stability of the aircraft's cargo and in the process, recovered human remains.
A genetic donor for Carey was located in December last year and the results of the genetic testing were received in February.
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The Defence Department says the remains of a Second World War airman found in a German lake in 2008 have been identified as those of Flight Sgt. John Joseph Carey of Ottawa.
Carey was 22 years old and the front air gunner in a Royal Air Force Halifax bomber when it took off for a raid against Germany on Aug. 28, 1942.
The plane was shot down by a fighter aircraft and crashed in Laacher See, a lake south of Bonn, Germany.
In 2008, a team of German explosives-disposal experts conducted several dives on the crash site to assess the stability of the aircraft's cargo and in the process, recovered human remains.
A genetic donor for Carey was located in December last year and the results of the genetic testing were received in February.
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