1stLT USAAF WWII
S/N O-687924
448th BG, 714th B Sq
Navigator, B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost'
POW Stalag Luft 1
On 21 February 1944, his plane B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost' was attacked
by FW-190s. The target was an Airdrome in Munster, Germany. Exploding 20mm
shells killed the Right Waist Gunner Sgt Robert Yarnell and he went down with
the plane. The attack also wounded the Radio Operator Sgt Guy Padgett. Sgt Loyd
was killed when he fell from the aircraft without a parachute. Loyd's remains
were recovered, but it appears that Yarnell's were not. The rest of the crew
survived but were taken as POWs to Dulag Luft in Frankfurt, Germany. The
airplane crashed in the woods outside the town of Horstel, Germany.
The crew members were~
1st LT Clair W Cline, Pilot S/N O-746302 MN - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Robert O Brockman, Co-Pilot S/N O-687671 MO - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Ted (NMI) Strain, Bombardier S/N O-686204 OK - POW Stalag Luft 1
1st LT Adin Simms Batson, Navigator S/N O-687924 MD - POW Stalag Luft 1
SSGT Ira H Loyd, Gunner S/N 36431449 Eagletown, McCurtan Co, OK - KIA
TSGT Lim L Teong, S/N 36603262 IL - POW Stalag Luft 3
SSGT Robert H Yarnell, Waist Gunner S/N 35668792 Jessamine Co, KY - KIA
SSGT Albert Giliotti, Gunner S/N 32717371 NY - POW Stalag Luft 4
SSGT Hubert A Hunt, Gunner S/N 38321373 KS - POW Stalag Luft 4
TSGT Guy T Padgett, S/N 14029257 Rutherford Co, NC - POW Stalag Luft 4
1stLT Clair Cline, the Pilot, was the creator of 'The Prison Camp Violin' and
later told his story in 1970 and in Guidepost Magazine in January 1997.
S/N O-687924
448th BG, 714th B Sq
Navigator, B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost'
POW Stalag Luft 1
On 21 February 1944, his plane B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost' was attacked
by FW-190s. The target was an Airdrome in Munster, Germany. Exploding 20mm
shells killed the Right Waist Gunner Sgt Robert Yarnell and he went down with
the plane. The attack also wounded the Radio Operator Sgt Guy Padgett. Sgt Loyd
was killed when he fell from the aircraft without a parachute. Loyd's remains
were recovered, but it appears that Yarnell's were not. The rest of the crew
survived but were taken as POWs to Dulag Luft in Frankfurt, Germany. The
airplane crashed in the woods outside the town of Horstel, Germany.
The crew members were~
1st LT Clair W Cline, Pilot S/N O-746302 MN - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Robert O Brockman, Co-Pilot S/N O-687671 MO - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Ted (NMI) Strain, Bombardier S/N O-686204 OK - POW Stalag Luft 1
1st LT Adin Simms Batson, Navigator S/N O-687924 MD - POW Stalag Luft 1
SSGT Ira H Loyd, Gunner S/N 36431449 Eagletown, McCurtan Co, OK - KIA
TSGT Lim L Teong, S/N 36603262 IL - POW Stalag Luft 3
SSGT Robert H Yarnell, Waist Gunner S/N 35668792 Jessamine Co, KY - KIA
SSGT Albert Giliotti, Gunner S/N 32717371 NY - POW Stalag Luft 4
SSGT Hubert A Hunt, Gunner S/N 38321373 KS - POW Stalag Luft 4
TSGT Guy T Padgett, S/N 14029257 Rutherford Co, NC - POW Stalag Luft 4
1stLT Clair Cline, the Pilot, was the creator of 'The Prison Camp Violin' and
later told his story in 1970 and in Guidepost Magazine in January 1997.
1stLT USAAF WWII
S/N O-687924
448th BG, 714th B Sq
Navigator, B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost'
POW Stalag Luft 1
On 21 February 1944, his plane B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost' was attacked
by FW-190s. The target was an Airdrome in Munster, Germany. Exploding 20mm
shells killed the Right Waist Gunner Sgt Robert Yarnell and he went down with
the plane. The attack also wounded the Radio Operator Sgt Guy Padgett. Sgt Loyd
was killed when he fell from the aircraft without a parachute. Loyd's remains
were recovered, but it appears that Yarnell's were not. The rest of the crew
survived but were taken as POWs to Dulag Luft in Frankfurt, Germany. The
airplane crashed in the woods outside the town of Horstel, Germany.
The crew members were~
1st LT Clair W Cline, Pilot S/N O-746302 MN - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Robert O Brockman, Co-Pilot S/N O-687671 MO - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Ted (NMI) Strain, Bombardier S/N O-686204 OK - POW Stalag Luft 1
1st LT Adin Simms Batson, Navigator S/N O-687924 MD - POW Stalag Luft 1
SSGT Ira H Loyd, Gunner S/N 36431449 Eagletown, McCurtan Co, OK - KIA
TSGT Lim L Teong, S/N 36603262 IL - POW Stalag Luft 3
SSGT Robert H Yarnell, Waist Gunner S/N 35668792 Jessamine Co, KY - KIA
SSGT Albert Giliotti, Gunner S/N 32717371 NY - POW Stalag Luft 4
SSGT Hubert A Hunt, Gunner S/N 38321373 KS - POW Stalag Luft 4
TSGT Guy T Padgett, S/N 14029257 Rutherford Co, NC - POW Stalag Luft 4
1stLT Clair Cline, the Pilot, was the creator of 'The Prison Camp Violin' and
later told his story in 1970 and in Guidepost Magazine in January 1997.
S/N O-687924
448th BG, 714th B Sq
Navigator, B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost'
POW Stalag Luft 1
On 21 February 1944, his plane B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost' was attacked
by FW-190s. The target was an Airdrome in Munster, Germany. Exploding 20mm
shells killed the Right Waist Gunner Sgt Robert Yarnell and he went down with
the plane. The attack also wounded the Radio Operator Sgt Guy Padgett. Sgt Loyd
was killed when he fell from the aircraft without a parachute. Loyd's remains
were recovered, but it appears that Yarnell's were not. The rest of the crew
survived but were taken as POWs to Dulag Luft in Frankfurt, Germany. The
airplane crashed in the woods outside the town of Horstel, Germany.
The crew members were~
1st LT Clair W Cline, Pilot S/N O-746302 MN - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Robert O Brockman, Co-Pilot S/N O-687671 MO - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Ted (NMI) Strain, Bombardier S/N O-686204 OK - POW Stalag Luft 1
1st LT Adin Simms Batson, Navigator S/N O-687924 MD - POW Stalag Luft 1
SSGT Ira H Loyd, Gunner S/N 36431449 Eagletown, McCurtan Co, OK - KIA
TSGT Lim L Teong, S/N 36603262 IL - POW Stalag Luft 3
SSGT Robert H Yarnell, Waist Gunner S/N 35668792 Jessamine Co, KY - KIA
SSGT Albert Giliotti, Gunner S/N 32717371 NY - POW Stalag Luft 4
SSGT Hubert A Hunt, Gunner S/N 38321373 KS - POW Stalag Luft 4
TSGT Guy T Padgett, S/N 14029257 Rutherford Co, NC - POW Stalag Luft 4
1stLT Clair Cline, the Pilot, was the creator of 'The Prison Camp Violin' and
later told his story in 1970 and in Guidepost Magazine in January 1997.
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