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Never Forgotten after 75 years

Longnecker one of two aviators honored by Norwich Area Veterans Council

In the woods that border the Connecticut towns of Norwich and Preston lie the ruins of two World War II fighter planes that crashed there during a night training in October of 1944.

The remains of the wreckage are reportedly underground, having been buried by the United States Navy. The pilots who flew these planes perished as well. Now 75 years later, these communities still commemorate the...