The Elgin Daily Courier-News from 1941 of Alfred Voss Jr. of Elgin, who was an Air Corps fighter pilot that was killed in a plane crash in Michigan on Oct. 15, 1941, just before we entered World War II. A few days ago, a group of treasure hunters in Michigan found pieces of his plane.

This undated photo provided by Jim Clary shows artifacts taken from a World War II-era P-38D Lightning fighter plane that crashed 71 years ago in Casco Township, Mich., in St. Clair, Mich. Clary and three other men unearthed the artifacts using metal detectors. The plane from Selfridge air base crashed Oct. 15, 1945, and 2nd Lt. Al Voss of Elgin, Ill., was killed. (AP Photo/Jim Clary)

Photo of Alfred Voss Jr. of Elgin from a 1935 Elgin High School Maroon yearbook. at the Gail Borden Library Friday. November 16, 2012. Voss of Elgin was an Air Corps fighter pilot who was killed in a plane crash in Michigan on Oct. 15, 1941, just before we entered World War II. A few days ago, a group of treasure hunters in Michigan found pieces of his plane. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media

P-38 Lightning WWII Fighter.

Photo of Alfred Voss Jr. of Elgin from a 1935 Elgin High School Maroon yearbook. at the Gail Borden Library Friday. November 16, 2012. Voss of Elgin was an Air Corps fighter pilot who was killed in a plane crash in Michigan on Oct. 15, 1941, just before we entered World War II. A few days ago, a group of treasure hunters in Michigan found pieces of his plane. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media

Photo of Alfred Voss Jr. of Elgin from a 1935 Elgin High School Maroon yearbook. at the Gail Borden Library Friday. November 16, 2012. Voss of Elgin was an Air Corps fighter pilot who was killed in a plane crash in Michigan on Oct. 15, 1941, just before we entered World War II. A few days ago, a group of treasure hunters in Michigan found pieces of his plane. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media