Champaign man gets message from beyond
By Paul Wood
Saturday May 12, 2007
Sixty-three years after a B-17 bomber crashed into the North Sea, a piece of the plane washed up on the beach.
It was a stunning moment for Michael Darter of Champaign, who was there for a memorial service for his brother, who had been on the plane and died in the frigid waters.
On May 3, Darter was in Holland, where a memorial was erected for his brother, the radio officer on the plane, missing in action since 1943.
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