Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29118 'Nine Yanks and a Jerk'. Evaded. E& E# 2068. Missing in Action (MIA) DATE: 12 APR 44-FREE DATE: OCT 44 HELPERS: M. Bollen, Burgomeister of Sart-les-Spa; Mme. Pagnoule and son Paul, 18 Rue Albert 1st. , Theux, Belgium; M. and Mme. La Guest; Burgomeister of Grandnil (East of Marche); March, Vireux, France; Charles, Chief of Armee Blanche, Theux, Belgium; Francois Robert, a Belgian Gendarme; M. and Mme. Charles Bivort, Tiege Spa,Belgium; Mme. Panquer, Theux; Francois, Robert, Marceau, and Pierie of the FFI in France. S/Sergeant. Augustus bailed out of his B-24 in the vicinity of Malmedy, SE of Liege, Belgium. He landed on a hill in a herd of cows. He hid in the woods during the first day. At night he started walking westward on a road. A farmer gave him food and clothes. He had a broken ankle and burns for which the farmer tried to give first aid. He crossed into France near Givet and made contact with the FFI through a girl cow-herder. They took his picture and confirmed his identity. He moved into the woods with the Maquis whom he left after a fire fight with the Germans. He headed back into Belgium and contacted the Belgian UG at a farmhouse where he received medical treatment for trench foot and scabies. The Belgian UG moved him through a number of safe houses until he finally arrived at Theux which is halfway between Liege and Malmedy. There he stayed with Mme. Pagnoule who had a son, Paul. After a tank battle and attack by P-47's the town was liberated by the tank forces.