The following news release today finally brings an end to a mystery of the Vietnam War. At last the relatives are no longer left wondering...........................
The remains of the last two Australian servicemen missing from the Vietnam War have been found in the wreckage of their crashed bomber.
A RAAF search team, which has been excavating the crash site near the Vietnam border with Laos, found human remains which have been identified as pilot Flying Officer Michael Herbert, 24, from Glenelg, South Australia, and navigator Pilot Officer Robert Carver, 24, from Toowoomba, Queensland.
Both died when their Canberra bomber crashed while returning from a mission on November 3, 1970.
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