The remains of a Maryland native and American aviator who was killed during World War II were honored as they arrived Friday at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.
U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Walter Bateman was 22 years old when the B-24D Liberator bomber he was piloting was shot down Aug. 16, 1943, during a bombing mission targeting enemy airfields in Foggia, Italy.
None of the bomber’s 10 crew members survived…