![]() ![]() In 1997 the town of Medis honoured the memory of Edward Boykin by giving his name to a road in the village of Brie (rue du Captain Edward Boykin). One of the crew had landed in a tree near Puiraveaux (commune of Brie) and a local couple helped him down but unfortunately Germans arrived before they could help him escape. Danby parachuted from the plane but were all taken prisoner soon after they had landed. Quiles, T/Sgt Roger Blaser, T/Sgt Adam J. The remaining 8 crew members, Colonel William A. Taylor parachuted but died on impact when his parachute did not open. had been injured in the attack and were unable to parachute from their plane, 2nd Lt James A. Three of its crew lost their lives, Major John R. I have translated below six of the stories from " Les deux Charentes sous les bombes" and included a few of those photos and also some links to some of those stories that I have posted over the years.Ī B-17 from the 351st BG, based at Polebrook in Northamptonshire crashed at 13.10 after being hit by ground fire. He has very kindly sent me many photos of various commemorations in honour of the Airmen and photos of meetings with some of the Airmen and their families in past years. I have had the pleasure of being in contact now for several years with one of the book's authors Bernard Ballanger. Some did not survive the crash, some were taken prisoner, some with the help of French patriots managed to get to escape lines and got back to England via Spain, some joined the Résistance and were later picked up by the Allies when the region was liberated and some died in combat while fighting alongside the résistance. Thanks to the extensive research made by Christian Genet, Jacques Leroux and Bernard Ballanger for their book " Les deux Charentes sous les bombes : 1940-1945" published in 2008 by La Caillerie - Gemozac we are able to find out what happened to the crews of these ten planes. ![]()
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