Access to Chinese Archives and Crash Sites Cited as Key to Resolving Missing US Servicemen Cases
The South China Morning Post reports that access to wartime Chinese archives and crash sites is considered vital for resolving approximately 700 cases involving missing US servicemen, citing the case of pilot Morton Sher as an example of potential US-China cooperation.
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According to the South China Morning Post, gaining access to wartime Chinese archives and crash sites is essential for resolving around 700 cases and facilitating the return of missing US servicemen.
For more than eight decades, the remains of US fighter pilot Morton Sher lay unrecovered in China. Investigators were eventually able to locate where his aircraft crashed in 1943 after a photograph of a memorial to him in a village in Hunan was utilized.
Sher's remains were eventually identified and he was buried in his hometown of Greenville, South Carolina, in December 2025, which the report suggests serves as a rare example of what US-China cooperation can achieve for the families of missing servicemen.
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