Remains of US army gunner shot down in France found 80 years on

Franklin P Hall, 21 at the time he died, was killed by Luftwaffe in 1944 and body had never been located or identified

The remains of a US army aviator who went missing after German forces shot his bomber plane down in France during the second world war nearly 80 years ago have been located, according to officials.

Franklin P Hall, who was a 21-year-old staff sergeant for the US army air force at the time of his death, is now set to receive a proper funeral, said a news release that the military distributed Monday.