On his 6th mission, Charles Lain was Bombardier of B-24 # 42-100415 when it ran into mechanical trouble on return in the afternoon from the 8 August 1944 mission to bomb the airfield at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Cut over his left eye by his parachute while exiting the plane, he landed near Vauchamps (Marne), France. Soon joined by Navigator Edgar Michaels, Left Waist Gunner Walter Bohenko and Tail Gunner Stanley Hulewicz, Lain and his comrades were helped in their evasion of capture by French patriots and underground fighters. Liberated by US troops, Lain, Michaels, Bohenko and Hulewicz were together at US 3rd Army HQ in Reims with their Pilot Bernard Komasinski, Co-Pilot Winfield Gippert, Top Turret Gunner Nelson Brott. All left Laval, France, by air in a C-47, landing in Grove, England on 31 august 1944. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1298.