The body of an airman killed after a U.S. Air Force Osprey crashed during a training mission off Japan last month has returned home to western Massachusetts.
U.S. Air Force member Jacob "Jake" Galliher, a Pittsfield native, arrived at Westover Air Force Base Friday afternoon.
A procession was scheduled to travel on the Massachusetts Turnpike to downtown Lee and then through Lenox via Walker Street, wrote Pittsfield officials. The route continued to Pittsfield through Route 7 to Park Square.
The procession will pass by Taconic High School, where Galliher graduated in 2017, and will end at Dury Funeral Home on Bradford Street.
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Only invited guests and authorized personnel were allowed to drive in the procession, noted the city. The public was able to pay their respects by lining up along the city's streets.
The Pittsfield Police Department said Galliher leaves behind a wife and two sons, a 2-year-old and a 6-week-old, "as well as his loving family in Lanesborough."
The CV-22B Osprey carrying eight American service members crashed on Nov. 29 off Yakushima island during the training mission, killing all eight.
The Osprey is a hybrid aircraft that takes off and lands like a helicopter, but during flight it can rotate its propellers forward and cruise much faster like an airplane.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
