His remains two US Navy aviators who died One Growler EA-18G accident on October 15 will return home from Dover Air Force Base to their families.

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) confirmed to KOMO News that the remains of Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans and Lt. Serena N. Wileman will be returned this week.

Wileman’s remains will arrive in Oak Harbor on Monday around 7 p.m. According to a NASWI spokesman, Wallin-Stucky Funeral Home will release information regarding plans for the public to gather along Wileman’s return route.

Evans’ remains will arrive in Anacortes later in the week. The spokesman said that at the request of his family, the arrival would be a “private affair”.

“The families of LT Wileman and LCDR Evans wish to express their gratitude for the kind support from the local and surrounding communities over the past few weeks,” a spokesperson told KOMO News.

A few weeks ago, the The Navy identified the airmen as Wileman and Evans after the two died in a plane crash during a “routine training flight” near Mount Rainier.

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Evans was a naval flight officer and Wileman was a naval aviator. Both were 31 years old and from California.

After the airmen were identified, search and rescue efforts were moved to recovery operations. On October 16 search crews located the wreckage of the aircraft on a “mountain east of Mount Rainier,” according to Naval Air Station North Island.

Evans and Wileman were “two highly skilled, combat decorated Airmen who tragically lost their lives during a routine training flight,” NASWI said in a Facebook post.

President Joe Biden released a statement in October regarding the deaths of the two US Naval Airmen:

“Jill and I mourn the tragic loss of two Naval Airmen, Lt. Commander Lyndsay Evans and Lt. Serena Wileman, who were killed when their EA-18G Growler aircraft crashed last Tuesday near Mount Rainier, Washington, during a training mission to routine. is our nation’s finest and had just recently returned to the United States from an extended deployment to the Middle East defending against Houthi missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea. We thank the US Navy, US Army and local and tribal authorities in Yakima County for their efforts to locate and recover these two brave and talented young airmen. We pray for their families, loved ones and their squadron mates and will always honor their service and sacrifice.”

NASWI wrote that Evans and Wileman recently returned from a nine-month deployment at sea with The Zappers as part of Carrier Air Wing Three aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

NASWI said that during their deployments, Evans coordinated and executed several combat strikes in Yemen in Houthi-controlled territories. Wileman also planned and flew several sorties, making each one of the few women to fly combat missions over land.