Raymond Walsh was Navigator on his first operation on board of B-17G #42-31191 'Virginia Lee' on the 27 March 1943 mission to Bordeaux/Merignac airfield. Hit by German fighters, crash-landed on the beach at Le Porge-Océan, near Laruau (Gironde), France. Walsh managed to evade capture with the help of French citizens and members of the Résistance. He and Ball Turret Gunner Volz and Tail Gunner Smith were hidden in various places in the region West and South-West of Bordeaux. They left by C-47 from Biarritz, France on 13 September 1944 and were interviewed for their E&E report in London the following day. According to NARA's WWII Enlistment records, residing in Providence County, RI, he re-enlisted as a T/Sgt in the Air Corps on 5 November 1946 at Fort Banks in Boston, Massachusetts, with Serial Number 20155996. See the details of Raymond Walsh‘s evasion at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fwalshrl.html