Lt. Claude C. McRaven, O-433381 Shot down France on Unknown date-Evader

[kaki3152]

HI, Thanks for the input. In his book, "Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations" , his son Admiral William H. McRaven (Ret) mentions his fathers biography as :
"He registered two confirmed kills... but would himself be shot down over France in 1943. The saga of his escape and evasion from France back to England was told many times..., not by Dad, who rarely talked about his wartime experiences, but by the French resistance fighter who helped him back to freedom."

He also says " Dad flew the Spitfire throughout the war, going on to fight in the campaign in North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, and eventually the Normandy invasion."
At some point, he must have transferred out of the 309 FS to another unit to fly over Normandy?

BTW, his kill was claimed on April 22,1943, not 1944. In the USAF credits list, he is only credited with one kill,a Bf-109.