This is a
brief overview over what happened to the crew. You
will find more details at the documents
page. A lot of interesting
details are probably missing. Please send us an
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Tail gunner
Arthur L. Greenwood
- jumped as the first man from the burning airplane. He hit the
ground at Enigheten outside of Stavern and broke his left leg. The local
residents took him to a nearby hospital and a Norwegian doctor (Welding) took care
of his leg, but before the resistance could take him into hiding he was
arrested by German forces. He and Jack Divine were then transported by train from Larvik to Oslo
without any possibility of escape.
He stayed at "Rikshospitalet" (A hospital in Oslo) under German
surveillance until the liberation - May the 8. 1945. Read
Arthur
L. Greenwood´own
story here.
Flex gunner Robert P. Beard
- landed in the
forest at Brunla. He was hiding alone until Thursday May the 26. when he
was found MILORG. He was later taken to Sweden from Stavern in a fishing
vessel. He was the last crew member to leave Norway.
Navigator Jack L.
Divine
- Divine broke his leg during the landing. The Germans were tipped off by a
local person. He was arrested and brought to a local German field
hospital. There he stayed until the end of the war.
Radio operator Hubert A.
Brabec - landed by Haga.
He and Broaddus contacted the people at a nearby farm. The farmer contacted MILORG
and they gave them shelter before being escorted to Hvarnes -
then to Viksfjord and Sweden. Read
Brabec´s story here.
Engineer
Robert L.
Broaddus - landed by Haga.
He and Brabec contacted the people at a nearby farm. The farmer contacted MILORG
and they gave them shelter before being escorted to Hvarnes -
then to Viksfjord and Sweden.
Flex gunner Ralph L.
Maassen
- landed in the forest by Hvatum. He later met with McClure and Divine.
They where brought to the Tanum Church where they stayed until Sunday
evening. They were then moved by MILORG to Hvarnes north of Larvik until
they were transported by boat from Viksfjord to Sweden the next day. Read
Maassens Inteligence report here.
Radar-Bombardier Stephen J.
Marangas
- could not find his parachute, and attempted to hold to one of the
others. He managed to hold on a short while but the jerk of the unfolding
chute made him loose his grip and he fell to his death. The Germans
recovered his body and buried him at the graveyard at Undersbo. After the
war the remains were brought back to the USA.
CO-pilot
Hayden R.
Parker
- was discovered by MILORG in the Haugene forest. He was taken to Brunla
and then moved several times before he was offered shelter in Larvik. From
Larvik he was moved by car to Viksfjord from were he was brought to Sweden
by two Norwegians in a small open boat.
On the way back to Norway the boat disappeared due to bad weather and has
never been found. The boat with the two Norwegians Ahlgren and Løvdal had
done several trips carrying equipment and refugees to Sweden during the
war.
Flex gunner
Claude
McClure Jr.
- landed north of Hvatum. He had broken a leg and lay out in a field for
six hours. He then crawled over to the Hvatum farm and knocked
on the door.
Nicolay, the
farmers son spoke English and they hid him a the nearby forest
together with Maassen. Thery were then moved to the Tanum Church and later to Hvarnes then Viksfjord and finally to
Sweden.
Read McClures own story here.
PilotRalph W.Keeney
- He sent the plane on a course out to sea before he jumped, but it turned
around in the air above the small town of Nevlunghavn, and came crashing
into the ground just a few 100 meters from where Keeneylanded. He was
taken to safety by the MILORG and brought in open boat from Stavern to the
gathering place at Viksfjord. He there joined with Maassen, Mac Clure,
Brabec and Broaddus. From Viksfjord the sailed to Sweden. On Monday the
23 April 6 they where back in England.
Keeney´s story told by Severin Sandene.