Posted By Vic Walzel on November 27, 2005 at 17:29:16:
In Reply to: "Any Gum Chum" #42-97859 posted by Kathy Skomsvold on November 27, 2005 at 15:36:11:
: Any info?
: Shot down on June 25, 1944, over Southern France.
Hi Kathy,
42-97859 was with the 100th Bomb Group, 418th Squadron. It failed to return on 25 June 1944 due to flak and crashed at Chartres, France. MACR 6542 covers it.
Crew list:
2Lt Kenneth L. Houghton (P) EVD
2Lt Thornton Bline (CP) EVD
2Lt Stanley B. Green (N) POW
2Lt William A. Lichtenstern (B) POW
T/Sgt James E. Marion (TT) KIA
T/Sgt Laverne H. Deatrich (RO) EVD
Sgt John F. Nelson (BT) POW
S/Sgt Malcolm K. Eckley (WG) EVD
S/Sgt Warren G. Moore (TG) POW
Vic