Childs Everett Lynn

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Everett Lynn Childs is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Black Thursday Monument of Nub�court - Crash of B-17 (42-31059)

Name:

Everett Lynn Childs

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-800168

Unit:

547th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomber Group

Date of Death:

2011-09-26

State:

Iowa

Cemetery:

Green Mountain Cemetery, Colorado

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Everett Lynn Childs was born on October 26, 1918 in Manchester, Iowa.

Childs was a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and served as a navigator for the 547th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomber Group. On October 14, 1943, Childs' B-17 bomber crashed; he and 8 other members of his Squadron parachuted to safety. Childs was initially caught and made a German POW at the Fresnes prison. He escaped the prison camp, however, and spent a year in the French underground until he finally made it to freedom on August 20, 1944.

Childs died in Boulder, Colorado on September 26, 2011.