2nd Lt Harvey B. Barr was the navigator of the B-17G-1-BO 42-31110 QE-M "Pacific’s Dream" when it took off from Station 468 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK, on December 31st, 1943 during Mission VIII BC171 in order to bomb the Cognac-Châteaubernard area. At 1221, just after they had dropped their bombs, the plane was hit by flak. Two engines caught fire and one was rendered inoperable. Unable to maintain formation, the pilot lowered the plane and ordered the crew to jump. After gliding a bit, the plane meandered to what is now the D144 and crashed. Upon reaching the ground, Barr was helped by a French teenager and his father to get a train ticket to Bordeaux. There, on January 1st, 1944, a Frenchman named Jean Duluc found him stumbling around and sheltered him at his home in Langon. From there, he was taken to Prechac by a Francois Lespine, an associate of the Bordeaux Resistance. Over the next two weeks he was shifted around, until finally he wound up on a train with a 27-year old musician. After a brief bike trip, she handed him over to a town contable’s son. Later, he was picked up by the same car that held servicemember Saville and two others. He then escaped to Spain and returned to the UK through Gibraltar. As proof of his successful escape, Duluc wanted a message played over the BBC at the noon program. It was “Nicole et Guy vont bien, signe les Ailes Brisees.” His complete E&E report may be found at http://arcweb.archives.gov. It is Report #569.