1st Lt Robert S. O’Connor, pilot of the B-17 42-5792 “The Mugger”, took off from station 107 in Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, UK at 0930 on a bombing mission over the Gnome-Rhone-Le Mans factories. The plane was attacked by German fighters and hit by flak. With two engines out of commission including one on fire, O’Connor ordered the crew to bail out but stayed at his post so the plane wouldn’t crash into one of the many villages. His concern cost him his life. He crashed with the plane.