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Downed WWII plane piloted by Elgin man unearthed

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Four men have unearthed pieces of what they say is a World War II-era fighter plane that crashed 71 years ago in a southeastern Michigan farm field. The plane was piloted by an Elgin native who died while trying to parachute from the craft.