Wilbur B. Bentz

Wilbur Bentz was the pilot of a Halifax bomber shot down in Belgium on May 12 & 13, 1944. He was buried on November 10, 1997. The story of his last mission and the efforts to locate him are below.

• A brief biography
  
  
• Background, and discussion of the search
  
  
• Crew information
  
  
• Photos of the recovery
  
  
• Ceremony information
  
  
• News story (including audio links for the ceremony).
  
  

For further information, contact Jay Hammond, Wilbur's nephew (and a major motivator of the search for Wilbur).