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Meyer 2/3/71 0636 F-111 The escape capsule of an Air Force FB-111A fighter-bomber and the bodies of the pilot and navigator were found last night in a pine forest about 30 miles North of New Orleans. three weeks The plane had been missing for z mnxt from Carswell Air Force base in Fort Worth. The capsule and the bodies were discovered by two men digging a draining ditch. The area was promptly declared off limits and an immediate search was launched for the plane itself. The pilot was Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Stocks...and the navigator was Major Billy Gentry...both from Fort Worth.