Shot down by Flak and out of fuel, crashed near Pont-Audemer, France in B-17G #42-31380 on 8 February 1944. The crew baled out prior to the crash. Evaded (EVD). Sheltered, clothed, fed and transported by French citizens and members of the Résistance. Hidden in a secret camp in the Fréteval Forest, near Châteaudun, France, Solomon left the camp on 29 July with Sgt Abraham Wiseman (Navigator on 42-97188), walking South to Bordeaux and the Spanish border. Arrested by the Spanish Guardia Civil, they were put in Spanish camps, ultimately helped by diplomatic authorities in reaching Gibraltar on 25 August. Both were flown from there to the UK, arriving on the 27th. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1217. See the story of his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fsolomoge.html