The remains of pilots who died in the Navy plane crash will return to WA next week

ISLAND COUNTY, Washington. – The remains of the two Navy pilots who died in an EA-18G Growler crash near Mount Rainier will return to Washington next week.

Lieutenant Commander Lyndsay Evans and Lieutenant Serena Wileman, both 31, died in a fighter jet crash on October 15.

The airmen's remains return from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

Lt. Wileman will return to Oak Harbor on Monday, November 4th at approximately 7 p.m

The Wallin-Stucky Funeral Home will provide procession details to those who wish to gather along the route. FOX 13 Seattle has reached out to us for more information.

According to Cdr. Evans will return home to Anacortes at a later date next week. Her family wanted the arrival to be a private matter.

“The families of LT Wileman and LCDR Evans would like to express their gratitude for the generous support of the local and surrounding communities over the past few weeks,” said a press release from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

Evans and Wileman were identified on October 21 after search and rescue efforts transitioned into a recovery operation. They crashed during a routine training flight in a remote, steep and heavily forested area east of Mount Rainier.

The two piloted an EA-18G Growler, a Zapper electronic warfare aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130.

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