Three US aircraft shot down during World War II have been found in the Pacific — 76 years later

The last time anyone saw these military aircraft, US forces were pummeling Japanese targets in the western Pacific during World War II.”Operation Hailstone” in February 1944 was a decisive victory for the US. But it came at a cost to American forces — 40 service members were killed and more than 20 aircraft were lost. Many families had no answers on their loved ones’ exact whereabouts for generations. Now Project Recover, a nonprofit that searches for those missing in action since World War II, has found three of the missing aircraft.