2nd Lt Louis Harold Glickman, bombardier of the B-17 42-29876 “Battlin’ Bobbie” (named after the pilot’s wife), took off from station 117 Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, UK at 1030 on a bombing mission over Nantes. However, perhaps due to the high volume of radio chatter they had to use due to overcast conditions on their way to the target area, German fighters intercepted them at 1500. While not concentrating their fire on the “Battlin’ Bobbie”, the fighters did score some hits on their left wing, setting it on fire. Rockets took out No. 1 and 2 engines. The pilot decided to pull out of formation to the right and ordered the crew to bail out, struggling to keep the plane steady as the AFCE was out. Glickman jumped at 22000 feet, opening his chute at 10000 and landing in a field near some French farmers who refused to help him, simply repeating “Germans” to his pleas. He finally hid under a cider press for three hours. The farmer came back with some food but refused to give him clothes. Over the course of the day Glickman managed to convince the man to help him, and he was put in touch with the Resistance who arranged his trip back. He escaped back to the UK through the Bourgogne/Pyrenees/Gibraltar route, arriving back on February 1st 1944. Glickman’s full E&E report can be read at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-370.pdf.