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2nd Lt Homer W. Goff attended college.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Charleston, West Virginia on 10 September 1942.

The formation was victim to severe attacks of enemy aircraft. The aircraft was hit in the radio room and at its no. 1 and no. 2 engines. An explosion, followed by a fire, was seen in the radio room. It peeled off to the left, under control, on fire. Only one crew member survived and was taken prisoner, eight were killed.

In 1948 a mass grave of 35 Russians was discovered in a forest near Heerte Holz, Germany. A hollow in the ground near the mass grave proved to be another grave in which an American body was found. The USA Graves Team then discovered seven additional remains of the Glasgow crewmen. They were evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery. Records show that Sgt Brits was initially buried at the cemetery of Linden, south of Wolfenbüttel.

2nd Lt Goff parachuted safely and was captured by German civilians and taken to their village. The local policewas called. A German police officer arrived and took Lt Goff through a path in the woods and later told everyone that Lt Goff was shot trying to escape. A post-war autopsy showed that he was shot in the back of the head at close range. The police officer was found guilty of killing Lt Goff in a post-war war crimes trial.