The bodies of three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training exercise in Australia — including Maj. Tobin J. Lewis, 37, from Jefferson, Colorado — were retrieved fr…
CANBERRA, Australia — The bodies of three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training exercise in Australia were retrieved from the crash scene while another Marine remained in critical condition, the Marine Corps said Tuesday.The Marine V-22B Osprey with 23 Marines on board crashed Sunday in tropical forest on Melville Island while taking part in Exercise Predators Run, a drill that includes the militaries of Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor.
The three casualties had been declared dead at the crash site and their bodies were returned to Darwin late Tuesday, a statement said.
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