Remains of Tuskegee pilot who went missing during World War II identified after 79 years
The remains of a Tuskegee pilot have been identified, 79 years after he went missing during World War II, according to the Defense Department. The remains of a Tuskegee pilot have been identified, 79 years after he went missing during World War II, according to the Defense Department. Second Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr. was piloting a single-seat P-51C Mustang nicknamed "Traveling Light" in late October 1944 out of Ramitelli Air Field in Italy when he went missing in action, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. The North Carolina native was one of 57 fighters on a bomber escort mission over enemy targets in Regensburg, Germany, though none of the fighters could locate their bomber aircraft or the target. Forty-seven fighters ultimately returned to the base -- including nine who returned early due to heavy cloud cover -- though Brewer was not among them, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. The remains of Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr., a Tuskegee Airman who we...