TSgt William F. Leverich, mechanic of the B-24 Liberator 42-100181 “Star Valley”, took off from station 115, Shipdham, Norfolk, UK on a bombing mission over the Tours Parçay-Meslay airfield. They were shot down by Fw-190 fighters at 1042. The bullets clipped one of their wings off, sending them into an uncontrollable spin from which only three crew members managed to bail out, of which only one survived to make it back to the UK.