Bacher's Crew

LT's Bacher and Spungin were wounded on one mission while over the target. Bacher received shrapnel wounds to the eyes, and Spungin received a severe leg wound. Individually, they were unable to continue flying the aircraft, but worked together to return to Sudbury. Both pilots kept their position in the squadron, until over friendly territory, when they sprinted for home. During the entire episode they refused pain medication, preferring to remain lucid to get the ship and crew back home. They managed to put the aircraft down at Sudbury.

CREW INFO
Name	Rank	Position	First Mission	Last Mission	Status
Bacher, Gerson	1st LT	Pilot			WIA
Spungin, Nathan	2nd LT	Pilot			WIA
Monk, Charles R.		Navigator
Edgar, George L.		Bombardier
Bain, Alfred L.		Flight Engineer
Blankinship, Charles A.		Radio Operator
Autrey, James L.		Gunner
Curtis, William F.		Gunner
Bolduc, Paul E. V. J.		Gunner
Markiewicz, Albin J.		Gunner

MISSION INFO
MISSION	DATE	NAME	ID	S/N	TYPE
081	09/25/44	Honeychile	NB	43-38029	B17G
082	09/26/44	Honeychile	NB	43-38029	B17G
084	09/28/44	Honeychile	NB	43-38029	B17G
085	10/02/44	Honeychile	NB	43-38029	B17G
086	10/03/44	Honeychile	NB	43-38029	B17G
103	11/06/44		DF	43-37998	B17G
106	11/16/44	Old Man's Folly	NJ	43-37891	B17G
108	11/25/44	Lil Butch	NP	43-38142	B17G
109	11/27/44		NS	43-37800	B17G
112	12/06/44		NS	43-37800	B17G
115	12/12/44		NS	43-37800	B17G
116	12/16/44		NS	43-37800	B17G
118	12/24/44	Old Man's Folly	NJ	43-37891	B17G
121	12/29/44	The Short Arm	NA	44-6616	B17G
124	01/01/45		NG	44-8615	B17G
126	01/03/45		NG	44-8615	B17G
128	01/07/45	The Short Arm	NA	44-6616	B17G
129	01/08/45		NS	43-37800	B17G
131	01/13/45	The Short Arm	NA	44-6616	B17G
132	01/14/45		PH	43-38163	B17G
136	01/21/45		NG	44-8615	B17G

Created 09/29/99

Modified 09/02/05