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McCook<\/a>, 23, U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpaa.mil\/News-Stories\/ID-Announcements\/Article\/4164025\/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-carlin-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Henry J. Carlin<\/a>, 27, and U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpaa.mil\/News-Stories\/ID-Announcements\/Article\/4164035\/airman-accounted-for-from-wwii-burke-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sidney Burke<\/a>, 22, were carrying out a low-altitude bombing raid in Meiktila, Burma on August 3, 1943, the DPAA said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The mission was carried out with a B-25C &#8220;Mitchell&#8221; bomber. McCook was the plane&#8217;s pilot. Carlin was its navigator, and Burke was the armor-gunner. There were three other men also aboard the plane. B-25 bombers were among the most famous American planes used in World War II, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalmuseum.af.mil\/Visit\/Museum-Exhibits\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/196310\/north-american-b-25b-mitchell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Museum of the United States Air Force<\/a>, and were used in every combat area and extensively in the Pacific Theater.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/25\/955d2258-50ea-4ea4-8774-286b21624910\/thumbnail\/620x462\/4f5693ece691bde1645e4b67f5361160\/gettyimages-534657524.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc#\" alt=\"A B-25 Mitchell Bomber \" height=\"462\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/25\/955d2258-50ea-4ea4-8774-286b21624910\/thumbnail\/620x462\/4f5693ece691bde1645e4b67f5361160\/gettyimages-534657524.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/25\/955d2258-50ea-4ea4-8774-286b21624910\/thumbnail\/1240x924\/a1aeae114d1faa26f48bc7b8597cd272\/gettyimages-534657524.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">View of a B-25 Mitchell bomber in flight, 1940s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The plane crashed during the raid. Four of the airmen, including McCook, Carlin and Burke, were killed. The two surviving airmen were captured by Japanese forces. The DPAA did not say if the fourth airman who died in the crash or if the two men who were taken captive have been accounted for.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McCook, Carlin and Burke&#8217;s remains were not recovered after World War II ended. All three were declared missing in action. 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