Remains of U.S. airman whose bomber was shot down in World War II identified 81 years later

A Connecticut man who was killed on a bombing mission in Burma during World War II has been accounted for, U.S. officials said Wednesday. 

Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Frank Tedone was 23 years old when he served as a gunner onboard a B-24J Liberator bomber as part of the 436th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. 

On Dec. 1, 1943, Tedone and nine other crew members flew on a bombing mission from Panagarh, India to a railroad yard near Rangoon, Burma. Their plane was reportedly "hit by anti-aircraft fire, causing the left wing to burst into flames," according to the DPAA, and the aircraft "entered a steep dive" before disappearing.