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Mojo, was this the page?
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It gives alot of clues .....
MACR 15568
Boeing B-17F-30-BO, #42-5130, Sweet Pea
Target was power plant, a bridge, and port facilities at Lorient, France on the south coast of the Brittany Peninsula.
"Sweet Pea" was shot down by flak over Quimper, France near Lorient. The entire crew managed to safely bail out. Most of the men were immediately taken prisoner upon landing in their parachutes. T/Sgt. Perry was taken prisoner about an hour after landing. The pilot and copilot, having jumped a minute or two after the rest of the crew landed away from them. The pilot, Capt. Ryan, managed to elude German soldiers hunting for him. The copilot, 1Lt. Simmons ignored a German Army Sergeant's orders to halt while trying to evade capture and was shot dead. Capt. Ryan was hidden by local French civilians. He was taken into hiding by the French Resistance Underground. After several weeks in hiding, arrangements were made for his pick up. On the night of April 14/15, 1943 two British RAF, Westland Lysander, single engine liaison aircraft pick up Capt. Ryan, a British agent and three French agents from German occupied France and flew them back to England.
Crew list:
P: CAPT John L. Ryan, Evaded capture, returned to ENG
CP: 1LT Gerald L. Simmons, 0-661879, UT, KIA, shot on the ground trying to evade capture.
N: 1LT Robert Hermann, 0-660491, OH, POW, Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia, Bavaria (moved to Nuremburg-Langwasser)
B: 2LT James A. Laine, 0-661003, OH, POW, Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia, Bavaria (moved to Nuremburg-Langwasser)
TTE: T/S Charles E. Perry, 11009583, MA, POW, Stalag 3B, Furstenburg, Brandenburg, Prussia, (moved 8 times as Russian Army advanced west), Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria
RO: T/S Glenn A. Blakemore, 17032540, Arkansas, POW, Stalag Luft 4, Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug, Pomerania, Prussia)(moved to Wobbelin bei Ludwigslust)(to Usedom bei Savemunde)
BT: S/S William H. Forrester, 15099498, GA, POW, Stalag 17B, Braunau Gneikendorf, Krems, Austria
LW: S/S John R. Chapman, 18081398, TX, POW, Stalag 17B, Braunau Gneikendorf, Krems, Austria
RW: S/S James C. Green, 18058542, TX, POW, Stalag 17B, Braunau Gneikendorf, Krems, Austria
TG: S/S Robert G. Mumaw, 15082521, IN, POW, Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria
There is also this....
American Legion CHERRY VALLEY POST 443: POW / MIA
Technical Sergeant Charles Everett Perry, U.S. Army
367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 1st Bombardment Wing, 1st Air Division, VIII Bomber Command, 8th Air Force
Based at USAAF Station No. 111, Thurleigh, England
Prisoner of War, Saturday March 6, 1943, shot down near Quimper, France.
Charles Perry grew up in Rochdale and lived on Pleasant St. He enlisted in the Air Corps on June 20, 1941. He received aerial gunnery training at Wendover Field, Utah and radio maintenance training at Westover Field, Chicopee, MA. He was assigned as a radio operator/gunner on a Boeing B-17 with the 306th Bombardment Group. On March 6, 1943 VIII Bomber Command's Mission No. 40 sent seventy-one B-17's to bomb the power plant, a bridge, and port facilities at Lorient, France which supported the submarine base there on the south coast of the Brittany Peninsula. At the same time fifteen B-24's bombed similar facilities at Brest, France. T/Sgt. Perry's aircraft, B-17F-30-BO, USAAF Serial No. 42-5130, "Sweet Pea" was badly damaged by anti-aircraft fire and the crew was ordered to bail out near Quimper which is northwest of Lorient.. All ten men safely parachuted to the ground. The co-pilot was shot dead trying to evade capture when he was running away from German soldiers. The pilot managed to evade capture and was hidden by local citizens who handed him over to the French Resistance Underground. They moved him north to the outskirts of Rouen where he was picked on the night of April 14/15 by a British liaison aircraft and flown back to England. The other eight crewmen includung T/Sgt. Perry,. were captured . T/Sgt. Perry was sent to Stalag Luft 4 at Gross-Tychow, Prussia. In late December 1944 with the Russian Army advancing west the prisoners were assembled into groups of about 200 and marched west in one of the worst winters on record. T/Sgt. Perry lived on the road for several months sleeping in barns before finally being sent to Stalag 7A at Moosburg, Bavaria. This camp was liberated by the U.S. Army on April 29, 1945. When T/Sgt. Perry got home on furlough he was paraded through the streets of Rochdale on the Rochdale V.F.D. fire engine with the siren blaring. T/Sgt. Charles Perry was honorably discharged on August 18, 1945 at Ft. Devens, Ayer, MA.
Hope this gives you a place to start.
L
It gives alot of clues .....
MACR 15568
Boeing B-17F-30-BO, #42-5130, Sweet Pea
Target was power plant, a bridge, and port facilities at Lorient, France on the south coast of the Brittany Peninsula.
"Sweet Pea" was shot down by flak over Quimper, France near Lorient. The entire crew managed to safely bail out. Most of the men were immediately taken prisoner upon landing in their parachutes. T/Sgt. Perry was taken prisoner about an hour after landing. The pilot and copilot, having jumped a minute or two after the rest of the crew landed away from them. The pilot, Capt. Ryan, managed to elude German soldiers hunting for him. The copilot, 1Lt. Simmons ignored a German Army Sergeant's orders to halt while trying to evade capture and was shot dead. Capt. Ryan was hidden by local French civilians. He was taken into hiding by the French Resistance Underground. After several weeks in hiding, arrangements were made for his pick up. On the night of April 14/15, 1943 two British RAF, Westland Lysander, single engine liaison aircraft pick up Capt. Ryan, a British agent and three French agents from German occupied France and flew them back to England.
Crew list:
P: CAPT John L. Ryan, Evaded capture, returned to ENG
CP: 1LT Gerald L. Simmons, 0-661879, UT, KIA, shot on the ground trying to evade capture.
N: 1LT Robert Hermann, 0-660491, OH, POW, Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia, Bavaria (moved to Nuremburg-Langwasser)
B: 2LT James A. Laine, 0-661003, OH, POW, Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia, Bavaria (moved to Nuremburg-Langwasser)
TTE: T/S Charles E. Perry, 11009583, MA, POW, Stalag 3B, Furstenburg, Brandenburg, Prussia, (moved 8 times as Russian Army advanced west), Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria
RO: T/S Glenn A. Blakemore, 17032540, Arkansas, POW, Stalag Luft 4, Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug, Pomerania, Prussia)(moved to Wobbelin bei Ludwigslust)(to Usedom bei Savemunde)
BT: S/S William H. Forrester, 15099498, GA, POW, Stalag 17B, Braunau Gneikendorf, Krems, Austria
LW: S/S John R. Chapman, 18081398, TX, POW, Stalag 17B, Braunau Gneikendorf, Krems, Austria
RW: S/S James C. Green, 18058542, TX, POW, Stalag 17B, Braunau Gneikendorf, Krems, Austria
TG: S/S Robert G. Mumaw, 15082521, IN, POW, Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria
There is also this....
American Legion CHERRY VALLEY POST 443: POW / MIA
Technical Sergeant Charles Everett Perry, U.S. Army
367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 1st Bombardment Wing, 1st Air Division, VIII Bomber Command, 8th Air Force
Based at USAAF Station No. 111, Thurleigh, England
Prisoner of War, Saturday March 6, 1943, shot down near Quimper, France.
Charles Perry grew up in Rochdale and lived on Pleasant St. He enlisted in the Air Corps on June 20, 1941. He received aerial gunnery training at Wendover Field, Utah and radio maintenance training at Westover Field, Chicopee, MA. He was assigned as a radio operator/gunner on a Boeing B-17 with the 306th Bombardment Group. On March 6, 1943 VIII Bomber Command's Mission No. 40 sent seventy-one B-17's to bomb the power plant, a bridge, and port facilities at Lorient, France which supported the submarine base there on the south coast of the Brittany Peninsula. At the same time fifteen B-24's bombed similar facilities at Brest, France. T/Sgt. Perry's aircraft, B-17F-30-BO, USAAF Serial No. 42-5130, "Sweet Pea" was badly damaged by anti-aircraft fire and the crew was ordered to bail out near Quimper which is northwest of Lorient.. All ten men safely parachuted to the ground. The co-pilot was shot dead trying to evade capture when he was running away from German soldiers. The pilot managed to evade capture and was hidden by local citizens who handed him over to the French Resistance Underground. They moved him north to the outskirts of Rouen where he was picked on the night of April 14/15 by a British liaison aircraft and flown back to England. The other eight crewmen includung T/Sgt. Perry,. were captured . T/Sgt. Perry was sent to Stalag Luft 4 at Gross-Tychow, Prussia. In late December 1944 with the Russian Army advancing west the prisoners were assembled into groups of about 200 and marched west in one of the worst winters on record. T/Sgt. Perry lived on the road for several months sleeping in barns before finally being sent to Stalag 7A at Moosburg, Bavaria. This camp was liberated by the U.S. Army on April 29, 1945. When T/Sgt. Perry got home on furlough he was paraded through the streets of Rochdale on the Rochdale V.F.D. fire engine with the siren blaring. T/Sgt. Charles Perry was honorably discharged on August 18, 1945 at Ft. Devens, Ayer, MA.
Hope this gives you a place to start.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Great work Chris.
Corsair82pilot
Airman
Welcome aboard,
I had a roommate named Mumaw at the Virginia Military Institute. We were Class of '78. He had a brother in the class of '77. Their dad was military. Army, I think.
Sound like relatives?
I had a roommate named Mumaw at the Virginia Military Institute. We were Class of '78. He had a brother in the class of '77. Their dad was military. Army, I think.
Sound like relatives?
