RANDOLPH, Minn., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A 78-year-old Minnesota man who first met U.S. flyers as a child in World War II England has devoted himself to finding their remains.
Bryan Moon of Randolph plans to lead a group to Papua New Guinea next year, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. His group, MIA Hunters, has been there before as well as in Sicily and China.
The group has made 19 expeditions to eight countries and retrieved the bodies of 57 flyers and a woman who worked for the American Red Cross.
Next year, he hopes to find what is left of 10 planes that went down during the war, killing as many as 100 U.S. airmen.
Moon grew up in Southhampton, England, where his family's home was bombed. Like many English children, he was evacuated to a rural area, where he used to visit a nearby U.S. air base.
He has spent much of his life involved with planes, serving in the Royal Air Force after the war and then becoming director of marketing for Northwest Airlines.
