Remains of fighter pilot shot down in WWII identified

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Remains of fighter pilot shot down in WWII identified
By The Associated Press
 Jan 12, 09:12 PM
Defense Department officials say 23-year-old 1st Lt. Carl D. Nesbitt died when his plane was shot down in May 1944, during a huge bombing mission over Leipzig, Germany.
Defense Department officials say 1st Lt. Carl D. Nesbitt died when his plane was shot down in May 1944, during a huge bombing mission over Leipzig, Germany. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)

LIMA, Ohio — Authorities have positively identified the remains of an Army Air Forces pilot from Ohio who died when his plane was shot down over Germany during World War II, the Defense Department announced Thursday.

On May 29, 1944, 1st Lt. Carl Nesbitt was the pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber during a huge bombing mission over Leipzig, Germany, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. German fighters attacked the bomber’s formation roughly 28 miles northeast of Leipzig, and the plane was shot down.

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