Andrew Gowen Lindsay
MilitaryPersonal knowledge
While serving as Co-Pilot of B-26B-15 MA 41-34971 "Pay Off" the aircraft was attacked by a German fighter and crashed one mile northeast of Brionne near Rouen, France August 22, 1943. He was able to bail out of the stricken aircraft and avoid capture returing to England on 6-Feb-44. (Ref. Escape and Evasion Report 389 at media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-389.pdf.)
386th BG was part of the 8th AF from July-October 1943. Lindsay was the last and fourth to bail out of the B-26 before it blew up into three large pieces. Landing in an old bean field, he hid his parachute in a pile of vines and hid in the nearby woods. He was quickly located by a young French boy who advised him to stay put as the Germans were looking for him. Lindsay did as he was told (Lindsay spoke some French, having taken it as the University of Maine) and relocated under another bush. The same boy returned and ultimately connected him up with a family in Èvreux, France to recover from his burns. Lindsay was now within the control of the French Underground. After recovering from his wounds, he traveled to Paris, Quimper, and other localities until he was able to walk over the Pyrenees to Spain and freedom. See the full story of his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.be/flindsaag.html
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Pay Off
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 554th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Evaded Capture |
France | 22 August 1943 - 4 February 1944 | Bailed out of the stricken aircraft and evaded capture. Returned to England on 6 February 1944 via Gibraltar which he reached on 4 February. |
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Revisions
Research for his page at www.evasioncomete.be > https://www.evasioncomete.be/flindsaag.html
Lee Cunningham 25-May-2015. Added Map location of bale-out to Evasion event per MACR 375.
Lee Cunningham 25-May-2015. Added SN made connection to AIrcraft, Place and Mission per MACR 375; Confirmed Evasion per NARA E&E Report 389; other infomration from "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey, MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey, Combat Chronology Supplement, MACR 0375