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No Survivors in Crash of US Bomber off Guam

With 6 crew members considered dead, rescue focus shifts to recovery

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 23, 2008 3:16 PM CDT

(AP) – The US Air Force said today all six crew members aboard a B-52 bomber that crashed Monday off Guam were killed. A wide search effort has shifted focus from rescue to recovery of the crew, said officials at Andersen Air Force Base on the Pacific island.

Two bodies have been found so far, including that of Maj. Christopher Cooper, a 33-year-old pilot. The unarmed jet was making a swing around the island as part of Guam Liberation Day celebrations. The holiday marks the arrival of the US military to retake the island from Japan in 1944.

Map locates Guam, near where a B-52 bomber carrying six crew members crashed.
Map locates Guam, near where a B-52 bomber carrying six crew members crashed.   (AP Photo)
In a May 25, 2005 file phorto a row of B-52 bombers are seen on the tarmac of the Barksdale AFB in Bossier City,La.
In a May 25, 2005 file phorto a row of B-52 bombers are seen on the tarmac of the Barksdale AFB in Bossier City,La.   (AP Photo)
A 2004 file photo shows a B-52 bomberon the tarmac of the Barksdale AFB in Bossier City, La.
A 2004 file photo shows a B-52 bomberon the tarmac of the Barksdale AFB in Bossier City, La.   (AP Photo)
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