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Escape and Evasion Report 1801
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Escape and Evasion Reports
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2nd Lt. Raymond Warner served as navigator on the August 1, 1943 Ploesti mission. Reed listed him as 'freed' on the crew questionnaire. Warner was hit in the back and shoulder before the plane went down.
Warner bailed out and his parachute opened. Both Reed and crewman Vest were told by a local informant that Lt. Warner was alive after the crash. He was eventually freed, likely alongside other POWs released after Romania's surrender in 1944.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 115
01 Aug 1943
Ploesti
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record