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Personal info

Full name
EVANS, Philip Cameron
Date of birth
4 June 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-800857
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
561st Bombardment Squadron,
388th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1944
Place of death
Krimpenfort, 6 km south of Vechta, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 12 51

Immediate family

Members
Albert H. Evans (father)
Frances C. Evans (mother)
Catherine Evans (sister)
Christine Evans (sister)
James A. Evans (brother)
Jennie B. Evans (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-39804
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Bad Penny
Target: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 2346

More information

2nd Lt Philip C. Evans graduated from Lowell High School in 1937 and attended the Lowell Textile Institute.

The aircraft was reported by his squadron leader to have feathered his #3 engine about a minute before bombs away, at the same time falling behind the formation and losing altitude. Several enemy fighters jumped the airplane and on the seventh pass it was shot down. It went into a dive and when last seen just before going into the clouds the left wing was coming off.

Three crew members survived and were taken prisoner, seven were killed. They were initially buried at the Russian POW cemetery of Vechta.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, 388th Bomb Group Historian, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Lowell Sun 27 March 1944