On a bomber escort mission to the Dijon airdrome, 28 March 1944, pilot Lynn Drollinger had flown his P-51B #43-6729 'Young-Uns' through a Flak barrage without noticing that he had been hit. A few minutes later, his Mustang’s engine coolant was pouring out, the cockpit filled with smoke and the oil temperature gauge shot up to the top. Pilot bailed out from his burning plane, which was last sighted and contacted 18m NW of Dijon, France. Crashed about 5km SE of Villiers-St-Georges, Seine et Marne Department, France. Pilot safe, managed to evade capture. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 3450. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 710. Lt Drollinger was immediately helped after landing in parachute and fed, sheltered, clothed, transported by French citizens and members of the Résistance. From Flaix, near Villiers-St Georges, he was guided by bicycle to Paris, then by various means of transport to Toulouse. He was guided across the Pyrénées mountains into Spain, where he arrived on 22 April. He reached Gibraltar on 5 June and was flown back from there on the 7th, landing near Bristol, England on 8 June 1944. After the war, he remained in the Air Force Reserves, retiring as a Major in the USAF.