Truly heartbreaking for such a young man.
Glad the family were able to recover his remains and put him to rest.
My grandmother was able to have my oldest uncle's remains dug up in Portugal (aged 23, shot down piloting a B-26) and reburied in Indiana. We visit his grave to this day. My grandmother never recovered.
I don’t think it’s possible to get over that one. A nearby (this is rural, so, about ten miles from here) family that’s not quite related to me lost their only son to Vietnam, and to the end of her life she talked about him.
Martin B-26G Marauder https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196275/martin-b-26g-marauder/
“had the lowest loss rate of any Allied bomber — less than one-half of one percent... In 1945, when B-26 production was halted, 5,266 had been built.”