Posted on 11/08/2004 1:06:47 PM PST by Canticle_of_Deborah
WASHINGTON — The Navy dismissed a broadcast report Friday that American forces in Iraq have recovered human remains believed to be those of missing Navy pilot Scott Speicher.
“There’s nothing to substantiate the story, and we’ve communicated that to the Speicher family,” said Cdr. Conrad Chun, a Navy spokesman.
First Coast News, which serves a pair of Jacksonville, Fla., television stations, reported that remains thought to be Speicher’s had been recovered in an undisclosed location in Iraq and were being tested to verify their identity. The report also was broadcast on Hampton Roads television Friday evening.
Speicher has been missing since the first night of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, when his F/A-18 Hornet was down over southern Iraq. Speicher, who was flying off the Jacksonville-based Saratoga, was originally declared killed, but Navy officials changed his status to missing and presumed captured after recovered pieces of his plane indicated that he might have ejected safely.
Neither the Speicher family nor their attorney returned calls Friday.
Fox of Bridgewater, MA?
Ping
Maybe Matt Maupin? I don't think his body was ever recovered.
No it hasn't - I have a POW bracelet for him and have watched for news of him.
Cheers. . .and have a safe trip.
You ever do the Wash DC run?
Gotcha.
I go to London a fair bit. Chicago to Heathrow. American.
Have a great trip.
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