Childs, Everett Lynn

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Childs, Everett Lynn ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-800168 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #112 dated 6 October 1943, effective 6 October 1943. Transferred to the Headquarters, 1st Air Force, Mitchell Field, New York, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 7 September 1944, effective 4 September 1944.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	14 October 1943
Results	Evaded Capture
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 14 October 1943 per General Orders #58, Headquarters, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe dated 30 August 1944.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 26 October 1918 Evaded, wounded returned to the US hands on 20 August 1944, per Escape & Evasion Report #1122.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 842⇓ (3.690 MB) Escape & Evasion Report # 1122⇓ (Filesize N/A)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Morrison, Donald Sylvester⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. DeMille, Robert Eversley⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Childs, Everett Lynn	Navigator	EV
2nd Lt. Pitelka, Francis Jerome⇗	Bombardier	TR
T/SGT. Striesfeld, Nathan (NMI)⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	TR
T/SGT. Henry, Maurice Victor, "Red"⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	MIA
S/SGT. Engwer, Donald Leroy⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Schamber, Albert Martin⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Bucher, James Frank⇗	Flexible Gunner	MIA
S/SGT. Burger, Joseph Earnest⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Crew History

The ten members of the Morrison Crew arrived at two different times: the officers arrived on 6 October 1943, and the enlisted men arrived on 27 October 1943. Evidence linking them together as a single crew was obtained from a photo taken during their stateside training (the photo does not include Schamber). Navigator Childs flew his first mission with another crew on 14 November 1943 and was shot down, thus not flying any missions with the Morrison Crew. The other members flew at least one mission each with Morrison, but it is clear that the crew identity was lost - at least on combat missions. Morrison, DeMille, Engwer, and Burger were transferred to the 305th BG on 20 March 1944, and all returned to the 384th in April 1944. Bucher (MIA), Henry (MIA), and Schamber (KIA) did not survive their tours; Childs was shot down but evaded capture.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
32⇗	14 October 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Navigator	42‑31059⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Knocked down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Soissons, France; MACR 842. Sortie Report⇗

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