Everett L Childs

Military
Ninemen in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. UPL 65719 UPL 65719 Original Morrison Crew (possibly training at stateside location). Standing: Bucher, MIA 1943-11-26), Engwer (BT), Striesfeld (RO), Burger (Eng/TT), Henry (Eng/TT, KIA 1943-11-26).
Kneeling: Pitelka (B), Childs (N, shot down with another crew 1943-10-14, evaded), DeMille (CP), Morrison (P)

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384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron Grafton Underwood Donald Sylvester Morrison Donald Leroy Engwer James Frank Bucher Francis J Pitelka Robert E DeMille Maurice Victor Henry Everett L Childs Joseph Earnest Burger Nathan Striesfeld On

Object Number - UPL 65719 - Original Morrison Crew (possibly training at stateside location). Standing: Bucher, MIA 1943-11-26), Engwer (BT), Striesfeld (RO), Burger (Eng/TT),...

Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4231059. Captured near Spanish border. May 16, 1944 Escaped train and made it to allied lines.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31059

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Manchester, Iowa, USA

Other

Evaded

Germany 14 October 1943

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 842 / MACR 842, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Everett L Childs: Gallery (2 items)

Ninemen in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.

Object number: UPL 65719 - Original Morrison Crew (possibly training at...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.

Object number: UPL 65728 - Morrison Crew, 544th BS, 384th BG. Front row, L-R...