B-24H, 42-52355 of 460th BG, lost on 18.05.1944

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It is believed parachute of the nose gunner (James Stokes) caught on the plane when the crew bailed out. His body was found 10 feet from the wreckage. The tail gunner, John Dunn died in a Chetnik hospital several days later. He had two head wounds and multiple wounds in his arms and legs. He had been wounded in the ship and also may have been shot at while parachuting down, though it is not clear if he was then hit by ground fire or by fighters. Several of the men said the fighters made passes at them as they came down but apparently did not fire. Several crew members were treated in the Chetnik hospital for wounds. Some may have been evacuated earlier than the pilot.

All the remaining survivors were evacuated on 10 August according to the pilot, Charles L Stevenson. MACR is 32 pages on fold3.