A 24-year-old U.S. Army pilot killed during World War II will come back home to Wichita. On Tuesday, Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, of Wichita, was accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said. The organization, also known as DPAA, works to identify and recover armed service members who went missing during their service.

The remains of the pilot of a downed World War II Army bomber that was the subject of a pioneering recovery project in the Pacific Ocean have been identified, the Defense Department said Tuesday. First Lt.

The remains of a Wichita airman have been recovered and identified almost 81 years after he and his crew were shot down in World War II.