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I had the same question as
Piledhigheranddeeper and looked at one of the sources cited; they are memorials, empty graves with markers. I imagine there have been several others at the national cemeteries, for service members lost and whose remains had not yet been recovered.
Yngvadottir (
talk) 22:38, 17 October 2013 (UTC)reply
So... would it be better to call them memorials? Should the article explain why just these two, of the scores on board?? --
Piledhigheranddeeper (
talk) 00:56, 18 October 2013 (UTC)reply
I looked at the source and couldn't see any better way of saying it, so I just tweaked the sentence. It's a very selective honor, as the newspaper article touched on - the son of one of them spent many years asking - so I'm not surprised only two were assigned spaces.
Yngvadottir (
talk) 04:33, 18 October 2013 (UTC)reply
Differing Accounts
This account of the crash is quite different from other published versions, particularly whether the plane ditched or exploded in mid air. I have no view on which is right but perhaps this should be spelled out in the text?
JamesHumphreys1967 (
talk) 15:49, 21 August 2019 (UTC)reply