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William H. McDonald Crew Crew of the
350th's SALVO SAL - 4230818 (left to right)
Kneeling: William McDonald - P, John James - CP, Carl Spicer
- NAV,
Frank McGlinchey - BOM
Standing: Charles Ashbaugh - TTE, Victor Intoccia - WG, Fred Pribish
- ROG
Douglas Agee - WG, Ross Detillion - BTG, Paul Sears - TG.
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Douglas Agee was KIA on Oct
8, 1943 on the Bremen mission. Fred Pribish was wounded but managed to
bailout. John James had a damaged chute, went down rapidly and broke his
leg when landing - going through the roof of a house. Both Fred Pribish
and John James were captured, hospitalized and later sent to POW camps.
Ashbaugh, Intoccia, Detillion and Sears were captured immediately. They
moved through interrogation and later into Stalag XVII-B. McDonald,
Spicer, and McGlinchey evaded and contacted the Netherlands underground.
McGlinchey and McDonald were on the established escape route to Spain but
were captured after more than four months at a Border Post in the
Pyrenees. Spicer made it across the Spanish border and eventually returned
to England in January 1943. All the POWs survived the war and were
returned to military control in May 1945.
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| 1st Lt |
William H. McDonald |
P |
POW |
8-Oct-43 |
Bremen |
| 2nd Lt |
John L. James, Jr. |
CP |
POW |
8-Oct-43 |
Bremen |
| 2nd Lt |
Carl L. Spicer |
NAV |
EVA |
8-Oct-43 |
Bremen |
| 2nd Lt |
Frank P. McGlinchey |
BOM |
EVA |
8-Oct-43 |
Bremen |
| T/Sgt |
Fred Pribish |
ROG |
POW |
8-Oct-43 |
Bremen |
| T/Sgt |
Charles S. Ashbaugh |
TTE |
POW |
8-Oct-43 |
Bremen |
| S/Sgt |
Ross W. Detillion |
BTG |
POW |
8-Oct-43 |
Bremen |
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S/Sgt |
Douglas H. Agee |
WG |
KIA |
8-Oct-43 |
Bremen |
| S/Sgt |
Victor P. Intoccia |
WG |
POW |
8-Oct-43 |
Bremen |
| S/Sgt |
Paul G. Sears |
TG |
POW |
8-Oct-43 |
Bremen |
350th Sqdn. Crew, as above, joined 100th Group on 2/8/43. A/C #42 30818
"SALVO SAL" MACR #952,Micro
fiche #315Ship was leading 2nd element of the high sqdn. Agee was
struck by a 20mm about 30 minutes before crew bailed out over Holland.
German Medical Report in MACR says " . . shot in both lungs and bled to
death". Body was interred on 12/l0/43 at Beetsterswang Cemetery (Friesland)
Row 21, Grave 26. All others bailed out over Holland and were taken
prisoner. Aircraft crashed near the Zuider Zee in western Holland.. Carl
Spicer was helped by Dutch underground and later joined Jack Justice,
pilot of the 349th Sqdn. who was shot down on 10/10/43. Munster.
Missions of the William McDonald crew (updated 4/24/01.. mpf):
| Date |
Target |
| 3-Sep-43 |
Paris/Beaumont Le Roger |
| 6-Sep-43 |
Stuttgart/Berbay/St. Martin |
| 7-Sep-43 |
Watten |
| 9-Sep-43 |
Beauvais/Tille |
| 15-Sep-43 |
Paris |
| 16-Sep-43 |
Bordeaux/Merignac |
| 26-Sep-43 |
Paris |
| 27-Sep-43 |
Emden |
| 2-Oct-43 |
Emden |
| 8-Oct-43 |
Bremen - shot down |
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