Posted By Kathy Skomsvold on September 02, 2007 at 19:17:32:
In Reply to: Re: "Any Gum Chum" #42-97859 posted by Vic Walzel on November 27, 2005 at 17:29:16:
: : 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
Thanks for your info. I have most of it and appreciate your research. I've been looking for any of the crew men...any ideas?
Kathy