<p>Alvia “Alvie” Leighton, 95, wondered for 60 years what happened
to a B-24 Liberator aircraft that crashed during World War II. He
learned the answer to the decades-long mystery last year after
ordering a book on the 90th "Jolly Roger" Bomb Group, in which he
served as an engineer.</p>
November 14, 2011
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November 14, 2011 7:30 p.m.
Veteran finds answer to WWII mystery
For more than 60 years, Alvia “Alvie” Leighton, 95, wondered what happened to a B-24 Liberator aircraft that never returned from a mission to the base in Australia during World War II.