Mitchell Shot down on May 31st,1944, Italy: Info needed

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Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

What an odd official attachment from Joda 87.

All of a sudden the interviewed Eiff is named as Source in the crew list.
Also many names are misspelled or lacking given names.

May I ask you Fred, from where did you get the pilot's name?
It seems 2/Lt Gerald Wagner at least is the correct one.

Cheers
Stig

From the book of Thomas McKelvey Cleaver "Bridgebusters - The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing":
In the B-25 immediately behind "026" pilot First Lieutenant Damon McLain saw the entire incident: "On the turn off the target, I had just regained my position behind Lieutenant Wagner’s plane when it seemed to explode and flare out. Quite a bit of debris came out of the tail with the tail gunner. He was spread eagled with his face and chest facing the sky as he went by, passing about ten feet below our left propeller. I did not see a parachute on his chest as he went by and I don’t believe that he was wearing one. His clothes seemed to be badly torn and smoking. It was my impression that he was not conscious".

Regards
Leo