2nd Lt Walter J Nachtwey Co Pilot Survived his final mission to the synthetic rubber plant located at Hulls Germany on June 22, 1943. Enemy aircraft attacked the formation at approximately 09:15AM just prior to their reaching the IP of their bomb run. His B17F 42-29946 was damaged by 20 mm cannon fire causing the aircraft to spin, tumble and crash. Nachtwey stated that the violent spinning action of the ship forced him onto a “catwalk and down by the emergency hatch located in the nose of the aircraft.” He was able to exit the aircraft, landing in a field immediately beneath their flight path. Captured he remained a Prisoner of War for the duration in Stalag Luft III.