Monuments
B-24 'Lynn Bar II' (42-40172) Carpetbagger Mission Monument
B-24 'Lynn Bar II' (42-40172) Crash Site Marker
Name:
Wayman B. Skadden
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
39408365
Unit:
856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-08-15
State:
California
Cemetery:
Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France
Plot:
B
Row:
9
Grave:
2
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Wayman B. Skadden, tail gunner of the B-24 Liberator 42-40172, took off at 2203 from Harrington, Northamptonshire, UK on a resupply mission to the St-Symphorien-sur-Coise Resistance cell at Duerne. During its drop, a wingtip clipped a tree, sending the plane smashing into the mountainside. Only Sgt Gillikin survived, burnt and wounded, to escape back to the UK.