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239154 2nd Lt. Paul F. Chavez United States Army Air Force 837th Bomb Sqdn. 487th Bomb Group from:Hampshire, Il. My uncle Paul F. Chavez was a co-pilot on a B-24 bomber - Starduster -42-52651. They were shot down in May 1944 on a return flight to Lavenham airfield, UK. They had just bombed the oil refineries at Lutkendorf, Germany. There was a crew of 10 men, of which 9 were taken as POWs. My uncle was last out of the plane and was captured by the Germans, but he spoke four different languages, and the Germans tried to talk to him in English, but he answered in another language which they did not understand. They let him go. He was helped by the underground to return to the UK. Plane was shot down on 28th May 1944. (Sources of crash mact.5223) Shot down south of Liege, Belgium, 1 km west of Xhoris. If anyone with any information please contact me. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.