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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nAccording to the Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency<\/a> (DPAA) they recently identified the earthly remains of 2nd Lt. Charles E. Carlson of the US Army Air Corps;<\/p>\n On Dec. 23, 1944, Carlson was a P-47 pilot with the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, Eighth Air Force, and was shot down south of Bonn, Germany, during an air battle between American and German pilots. His wingman believed that Carlson had bailed from the plane. German officials reported finding and burying Carlson\u2019s remains at the crash site near Buschhoven, Germany. <\/p>\n An investigation after the war by the American Graves Registration Command in 1948 found material evidence and eyewitness testimony linking a crash site near Buschhoven to Carlson\u2019s plane. However, efforts to find his remains at the site were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n In March 2008, an independent German researcher contacted the Joint POW\/MIA Accounting Command (now DPAA) with information regarding a plane crash near Buschhoven. He informed analysts that a local German resident had found parts of an aircraft and other material evidence consistent with a P-47 aircraft. <\/p>\n Between May 2008 and September 2009, JPAC historians conducted more interviews of potential eyewitnesses and research on the site of the crash. Based on information gathered during this work, JPAC investigators recommended excavation of the Buschhoven site for possible remains.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n