A touching tribute was given today to the crews of two B-24 bombers that disappeared off of Shinnecock Inlet exactly 70 years ago.

A total of 22 roses were dropped onto the sea from a vintage C-47 military plane. The roses were dropped in memory of the 22 men who lost their lives when the planes vanished during a WWII training mission in 1944.

For decades, the fate of the missing crafts had remained a mystery. Then, last spring, a local fisherman found a rusted piece of landing gear that was later identified as belonging to one of the missing B-24s.

The piece of landing gear is now on display at the American Air Power Museum in Farmingdale.