U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Franklin H. McKinney disappeared after leaving China for a spy mission over Thailand in November 1944.

U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Franklin H. McKinney disappeared after leaving China for a spy mission over Thailand in November 1944.

A young World War II pilot who disappeared during a flight in 1944 has been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday.