Player Embed Code: Download Embed Share DOD Team Searching for Missing WWII Airmen in France Defense Media Activity - Proper May 13, 2024 | 1:00 A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in France from April to May, 2024. DPAA members were searching for missing personnel lost during the D-Day invasion in France, a pivotal event of World War II. There are approximately 1,438 missing personnel from World War II in France.