Search continues for body of second Navy pilot
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EAST TROY — A Navy salvage vessel from Virginia will arrive in the next week to help search for a missing Navy pilot and his plane that crashed near Corpus Christi, Texas a week ago.
The body of Lt. Bret Travis Miller, 30, of East Troy, was recovered Friday after the plane he and Lt. John Joseph Houston of Houston were flying lost communication with the base tower while on a routine training mission in a T-34C Turbomentor.
A Navy Salvage Dive Team will continue its search effort until the vessel arrives.
Coast Guard and Navy recovery efforts changed Monday after the Coast Guard cutter Harry Claiborne had mechanical problems.
The ship was fixed and returned Tuesday morning to its homeport of Galveston, said Coast Guard Ensign Scott Kimball. The ship is not expected to return.
The salvage vessel from Virginia travels slowly and is not expected for a week, said Brett Dawson, a spokesman for the Chief of Naval Air Training.
Source: www.caller.com
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