10 February 1944 plane B-17F #42-30847 'Pegasus' was badly shot up by fighters and Flak, pilot ordered bail out. Haugen found the radio operator Rayburn on the floor, deceased. Although the pilot was able to nurse the plane back to England, Haughen found refuge for 5 days with a Dutch farmer, Hendrick Pieffers and his family near Oldenzaal, near the field where he had landed. After staying on the move locally for the next 6 days, Haugen was escorted on 16 February to a passenger train which led him to Roermond. He was sheltered there by the family of baker Loven. He was joined there by 2 other American airmen and eventually a third after leaving on 14 April towards Belgium in a police car. Having reached Belgium, they traveled by car, truck and on foot until they took a train to Liège. They were sheltered by Juliette Ziane in her home in Chenée near Liège and listened there to radio broadcasts on D-Day. On July 25, the attempt to leave on a bus hit several snags, but Hauger was guided to the house of Jules Fastre in Fléron where he stayed until 1 September. Guided to a chateau in Forêt, he joined 24 other evading airmen who were hidden there by members of the Armée Secrète, waiting for the arrival of American troops. The Germans, searching for the Belgian underground members, surrounded the place. Fierce fighting broke out between the Belgians and the Germans and more than fifty Belgians were killed. Like all the other American evaders, Haugen managed to flee the slaughter. The city of Liège was liberated on 7 September and the following day, Haugen came in contact with American troops. He was driven by truck to Paris and left by air from there to London where he was interviewed on 11 September. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1978. The massacre at the château in Forêt, near Trooz, Belgium is related at http://bel-memorial.org/books/tragedie_foret.pdf (in French)