US brings home remains of downed airmen

Men were among Allied pilots who flew route to deliver military supplies to Chinese forces

The likely remains of US airmen who went missing over the Himalayas more than 70 years ago during a daring World War II mission were finally headed home on Wednesday after a major search in an Indian jungle.

The men were among the Allied pilots who flew the extraordinarily perilous route over the world's highest mountains to deliver military supplies from hundreds of Indian airfields to Chinese forces from 1942.