100th Bomb Group Evaders
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  100 Bomb Group Evaders
E&E 090 pdf 2 Lt John L. Dunbar
351st BS. FTR 04/o7/43
From Donald Darling's book, Secret Sunday: He evaded to Spain on his own - a spectacular performance ... and arrived in Spain on 07/08/43. Notes connected with his name on the master list  say: Helped E&E 89 Ralph D. McKee of the 305 BG, (who in turn was helped by Gp Vengeance). A further note says, see book, Escape Over The Pyrenees.
E&E 116 pdf 2 Lt Archibald L. Robertson
350 BS. FTR 10/07/43. (^) LeBourget, France.
Evac via Comete 139. Evacuated to Spain 22 Sept '43
E&E 120 pdf Lt Roy Frank Claytor
350 BS. FTR 17/08/43. (^) Munster-Bilzen, Belgium.
Evac via Comete 155. Evacuated to Spain 6 Oct '43.
E&E 167 pdf S/Sgt Michael F. Darcy
349 BS. FTR 03/09/43. (^) Cerny, France.
Evac nfd. (Burgundy?)
E&E 181 pdf S/Sgt Nolan D. Kreitenstein
351 BS. FTR 03/09/43
Evac nfd (Burgandy?)
Helper Gaby Wiam
E&E 254 pdf Sgt John M. Wagner
350 BS. FTR 15/09/43. (^) Renault factory, Paris, France.
Evac via Burgundy.
E&E 256 html S/Sgt Leon E. 'Al' MacDonald
349 BS. FTR 05/11/43. (^) Louvain area, Belgium.
Evac via Comete 208. Evacuated to Spain 27 Nov '43.
E&E 257 html S/Sgt George P. Gineikis
349 BS. FTR 05/11/43.(^) Louvain area, Belgium.
Evac via Comete 209. Evacuated to Spain 27 Nov '43.
E&E 258 pdf Lt Howard M. Harris
349 BS. FTR 03/09/43. (^) Cerny, France.
Evac via Burgundy. (+ died 26/03/2003).
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E&E 259 pdf Sgt Alfred J. Zeoli
349 BS. FTR 03/09/43. (^) Cerny, France.
Evac via Burgundy.
Helper Gaby Wiam
E&E 260 pdf Lt Arthur M. Vetter
350 BS. FTR 15/09/43. (^) Renault factory, Paris, France.
Evac via Burgundy.
E&E 271 html
E&E 271 pdf		 Lt Ralph Dill Smith
349 BS. FTR 03/09/43. (^) Cerny, France.
Evac via Comete 198. Evacuated to Spain 18 Nov '43.
E&E 272 html
E&E 272 pdf		 Lt William H. Booth
349 BS. FTR 03/09/43. (^) Dhusson-Longueville, France.
Evac via Comete 199. Evacuated to Spain 18 Nov '43.
E&E 275 pdf S/Sgt Edward W. Fontaine
350 BS. FTR 15/09/43. (^) Renault factory, Paris, France.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 278 pdf 1 Lt Paul Pascal
351 BS. FTR  03/09/43
Excerpts from a regional French history book about the Eure et Loire, says he landed near Thomer-la-Sogne (Eure). Guided to the home of Mme Philippon (active helper in region) and to Paris by Mme Maury of Gp Vengeance.
Evacuated via Burgundy.
E&E 280 html T/Sgt Harold L. Pope
349 BS. FTR 05/11/43. (^) Limbourg, Belgium.
Evac via Comete 212. Evacuated to Spain 3 Dec '43.
E&E 283 html Lt John K. Justice
349 BS. FTR 10/10/43. (^) Barneveld, Netherlands.
Evac via Comete 226. Evacuated to Spain 15 Dec '43.
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E&E 285 html Lt Carl Spicer
350 BS. FTR 10/10/43. (^) Lippenhuizen, Netherlands.
Evac via Comete 227. Evacuated to Spain 15 Dec '43.
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E&E 303 pdf T/Sgt Thomas E. Combs
349 BS. FTR 03/09/43. (^) Cerny, France.
Evac via Comete 236. Evacuated to Spain 20 Dec '43
E&E 310 pdf S/Sgt Warren G. Lush
351 BS. FTR 15/09/43. (^) Renault factory, Paris, France.
Evac via Burgundy. (not indicated as the spare in Vetter’s crew for this date)
Helper Gaby Wiam
E&E 311 pdf Lt James G. Bormuth
350 BS. FTR 15/09/43. (^) Renault factory, Paris, France.
Evac via Burgundy.
E&E 313 pdf Lt Reginald James Nutting
350 BS. FTR 17/08/43. (^) Munster-Bilzen, Belgium.
Evac via Comete 225. Evacuated to Spain 12 Dec '43.
E&E 314 pdf T/Sgt John W. Burgin
350 BS.FTR 17/08/43. (^) Munster-Bilzen, Belgium.
Evac via Comete 224. Evacuated to Spain 12 Dec '43
E&E 325 pdf T/Sgt Trafford L. Curry
351 BS, FTR 03/09/43. (^) Paris, France.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 333 pdf T/Sgt Robert C. Giles
350 BS. FTR 04/10/43. (^) Caen, France.
Evac via FanFan Line. (boat evasion from Brittany). See ‘Escape’, published memoirs of Lt James E. Armstrong. ISBN 1-885354. Altman Printing Co. Spartanburg, SC.
E&E 334 pdf T/Sgt Carroll F. Haarup
350 BS. FTR 04/10/43. (^) Caen, France.
Evac via FanFan Line (boat evasion from Brittany).
E&E 346 pdf T/Sgt Andrew "Andy" A. Hathaway
349 BS. FTR 26/11/43. (^) Beauvais area, France.
Evac via Shelburn Line - Brittany MGB. 29-30/01/44.
E&E 373 pdf S/Sgt Joseph Shandor
350 BS. FTR 04/10/43. (^) Cahagnes, Normandy, France.
Helped by Century Line & Marie-Odile Line. Went on to Switzerland. Evac via nfd. Arrived UK 16/02/44.
E&E 374 pdf S/Sgt Thomas F. Mezynski
350 BS. FTR 04/10/43. (^) Cahagnes, Normandy, France.
Evac via Burgundy. Evac via nfd. (Presumably same as above).
E&E 375 pdf Lt Jean B. Pitner
349 BS. FTR 26/11/43. (^) Beauvais area, France.
Helped by Gilbert Thibault who had both Comete & Burgundy connections. Evac via nfd. (see below). Also see the Earl Williams crew page.
E&E 376 pdf Lt Arno E. Plischke
349 BS. FTR 26/11/43. (^) Beauvais area, France.
Helped by Marie-Odile Line. Evac via Francoise Dissard Line of Toulouse.
E&E 384 pdf S/Sgt Charles K. Bailey
350 BS. FTR 17/8/43. (^) Munster-Bilzen, Belgium.
Assisted by Comete but transferred to Felix-Burgundy Line. Evacuated by Felix-Burgundy Line.
E&E 385 pdf S/Sgt William M. Quinn
350 BS. FTR 17/8/43. (^) Munster-Bilzen, Belgium.
Assisted by Comete but transferred to Felix-Burgundy Line. Evacuated by Felix-Burgundy Line.
E&E 397 pdf 2 Lt Eugene V. Mulholland
351 BS. FTR 03/09/43
Helped by the same people (Maude-Couve) in Paris who helped Howard Harris and Alf Zeoli.
Evacuated via Burgundy. Evacuated to Spain ca Feb '44.
Helper Gaby Wiam
E&E 454 pdf T/Sgt Ira G. Evans
418 BS. FTR 20/02/44. (^) Skovby, Denmark.
Evac via Sweden 07/03/44.
E&E 468 pdf Lt Charles B. Winkelman
349 BS, .FTR 03/09/43. (^) Cerny, France.
Almost captured in Paris. Evac via Burgundy-Shelburn. 18/03/44.
E&E 469 pdf Sgt John T. Amery
351 BS. FTR 30/12/43. (^) Rheims area, France.
Evac via Burgundy-Shelburn. 18/03/44. (+ died 01/03/2002)
E&E 556 pdf Sgt Richard J. Faulkner
350 BS. FTR 18/03/44.
Evac via Burgundy-Shelburn. 16 April 44.
E&E 565 pdf Lt Leonard D. McChesney
349 BS. FTR 30/12/43. (^) Normandy area, France.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 566 pdf Lt Charles W. Compton, Jr.
349 BS. 349 BS. FTR 30/12/43. (^) Normandy area, France.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 567 pdf Sgt John W. Runcel
351 BS. FTR 30/12/43. (^) Rheims area, France.
Evac via nfd.UK 17 April 44.
E&E 568 pdf Sgt Conrad P. Stumpfig
351 BS. 351 BS. FTR 30/12/43. (^) Rheims area, France.
Evac via nfd.UK 17 April 44.
E&E 576 pdf Sgt William Wertz
351 BS. FTR 30/12/43. (^) Rheims area, France.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 577 pdf Lt Clyde S. Manion
351 BS. FTR 30/12/43. (^) Rheims area, France.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 653 pdf S/Sgt Edward M. Daly
350 BS. FTR 15/09/43. (^) Renault factory, Paris, France.
Evac via Burgundy. Helped by Davy of Comete-Felix-Burgundy line.
E&E 654 pdf S/Sgt Hobart C. Trigg
350 BS. FTR 15/09/43. (^) Renault factory, Paris, France.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 726 pdf S/Sgt John L. Swenson
351 BS. FTR 30/12/43 (^) Rheims area, France.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 763 pdf S/Sgt Glen H. Keirsey
350 BS. FTR 17/08/43. (^) nfd. Escaped as a pow in Italy.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 850 pdf S/Sgt Alvin C. Little
351 BS. FTR 30/12/43. (^) Rheims area, France.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 932 pdf Lt Thorton Bline
418 BS. FTR 25/06/44. (^) France. Nfd.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 933 pdf T/Sgt Laverne H. Deatrich
418 BS. FTR 25/06/44. (^) France. Nfd.
Evac via nfd.
E&E 1003 pdf Lt Kenneth Houghton
418 BS. FTR 25/06/44. (^) France. Nfd.
Allied control 16 Aug 44.
E&E 1004 pdf S/Sgt Malcolm Eckley
FTR 25/06/44. (^) France. Nfd
Allied control 16 Aug 44.
E&E 1070 pdf Lt James McCurley
418 BS. FTR 05/11/43. (^) Dieppe area, France.
Allied control 19 Aug 44. (+died Dec 1972).
See evasion story
E&E 1071 pdf Lt Joseph P. Murphy
418 BS. FTR 05/11/44. (^) Dieppe area, France.
Allied control 19 Aug 44.
See evasion story
E&E 1184 pdf 2 Lt David Shoss
418 BS. FTR 24/06/44. (^) Rouen area, France. Nfd.
Allied control ca 27Aug 44. (+ died 24/08/2003)
E&E 1237 pdf 2 Lt Thomas L. Lemond
418 BS. FTR 18/03/44 (^) Compeaux, France, Allied control 24 Aug 44
E&E 1238 pdf Sgt Norman C. Fernaays
418 BS. FTR 11/08/44 (^) Meudon, France, Allied control 25 Aug 44
E&E 1303 pdf T/Sgt Louis P. Glasser
349 BS. FTR 25/07/44 (^) St. Lo, France, Allied control 29 Aug 44
E&E 1335 pdf Lt Arnold I. Holmes
349 BS. FTR 25/07/44 (^) St. Lo, France, Allied control 29 Aug 44
E&E 1357 pdf T/Sgt Willie B. Yates
418 BS. FTR 24/06/44. (^) Rouen area, France.
Helped by Jakob Placinski of Bois de la Chappelle, Oissel, Seine, France. Allied control 2 Sept 44.
E&E 1382 pdf S/Sgt Joseph W. Schultz
418 BS. FTR 24/06/44. (^) Rouen area, France. Nfd.
Allied control 3 Sept 44.
E&E 1559 pdf Sgt Parrish Reynolds
350 BS. FTR 10/07/43. (^) LeBourget, France. Pow. Escaped.
Allied control 6 Sept 44.
E&E 1692 pdf Lt Winans C. Shaddix
349 BS. FTR 27/04/44. (^) Belgium.
Orphaned while evading on the Comete Line or part of the Mission Marathon plan. Helped by Gp EVA. Sheltered by Mission Marathon. Allied control 7 Sept 44.
E&E 1841 html Lt John W. Brown
349 BS. FTR 04/02/44. (^) Oolen, Belgium. Arrested # 20/06/44. Escaped from Ghost Train. Allied control 9 Sept 44.
See http://www.alpheusmedia.com/lastbesthope/
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E&E 1842 pdf Lt Louis H. Abromowitz
418BS. FTR 20/07/44. (^) Crash-landed near Breda.
Helped by Gp Marcus & Gp Les Afranchis. Allied control 9 Sept 44.
Also see the Magee Fuller crew page.
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E&E 1843 html Lt George E. Bonitz
418 BS. FTR 20/07/44. (^) Crash-landed near Breda.
Helped by Gp Marcus & Gp Les Afranchis. Allied control 9 Sept 44. Came within an ace of capture.
Also see the Magee Fuller crew page.
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E&E 1844 html Capt Robert E. Nance
418 BS. FTR 20/07/44. (^) Crash-landed near Breda.
Helped by Gp Marcus & Gp Les Afranchis. Allied control 9 Sept 44. Came within an ace of capture.
Also see the Magee Fuller crew page.
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E&E 2001 pdf Capt Henry G. Griffis
350 BS FTR 20/07/44. (^) Crash-landed near Breda.
Orphaned while evading on the Comete Line or part of the Mission Marathon plan. Gp Lafili of Turnhout. Mission Marathon. Allied control 11/09/44.
Also see the Magee Fuller crew page.
E&E 2002 pdf S/Sgt Daniel M. Cargile
418 BS FTR 20/07/44. (^) Crash-landed near Breda.
Orphaned while evading on the Comete Line or part of the Mission Marathon plan. Gp Lafili of Turnhout. Mission Marathon. Allied control 11/09/44.
Also see the Magee Fuller crew page.
E&E 2101 html 2 Lt Theodore "Ted" H. Kleinman
349 BS. FTR 04/02/44. (^) Casterlee, Belgium.
Arrested # 28 Aug 44. Captured on the false 'Dog House' Brussels based escape line run by the notorious Prosper De Zitter. Escaped from Ghost Train.
E&E 2217 pdf S/Sgt Delton L. King
349 BS. FTR 26/11/43
Moved by French underground by car from Beauvis to Paris. Paris to Lyon by train. Lyon to Nacky, then to Switzerland.
E&E 2218 pdf F/O Hubert E. Trent
350 BS, FTR 04/10/43 Crash landing (wheels up) near Caen France.
Marie-Odile Line orphan. Helped by Century Line & Marie-Odile Line. Allied control 19 Sept 44.
E&E 2415 pdf 2 Lt Saul Hershkowitz
351 BS, FTR 30/12/43. (^) Helped by French, Returned to Allied control 6 Sep 44
  100th Bomb Group Arrested / Captured
No E&E Rpt Lt Kenneth R. Lorch
350 BS. FTR 17/8/43
Arrested in Bordeaux some time after Dec 43. ca Feb? He was arrested together with Sgt Ernest C. King nfd
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No E&E Rpt S/Sgt Robert C. Chavez
418 BS. FTR 20/7/43
Captured on the false 'KLM' escape line in Antwerp. nfd.
Also see the Magee Fuller crew page.
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No E&E Rpt S/Sgt Daniel B. Deason
418 BS. FTR 20/7/44
Captured on the false 'KLM' escape line in Antwerp. nfd.
Also see the Magee Fuller crew page.
No E&E Rpt T/Sgt Oscar L. Edge
418 BS. FTR 20/7/44
Captured on the false 'KLM' escape line in Antwerp. nfd.
Also see the Magee Fuller crew page.
No E&E Rpt Lt Bernard L. Farnum
418 BS. FTR 20/7/44
Captured on the false 'KLM' escape line in Antwerp. nfd.
Also see the Magee Fuller crew page.
No E&E Rpt 1 Lt William H. McDonald
350 BS. FTR 8/10/43
Arrested  05-06 Feb 44 in Pyrenees while evading on so-called Dutch-Paris Line. Possibly ex-Comete airman
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No E&E Rpt 2 Lt Frank P. McGlinchey
350 BS. FTR 8/10/43
Arrested  05-06 Feb 44 in Pyrenees while evading on so-called Dutch-Paris Line. Possibly ex-Comete airman
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No E&E Rpt 2 Lt James P. Law
351 BS. FTR 30/12/43
Arrested 24 Mar 44 in Sedan on way to Pyrenees.