Dale Grubb was born on June 30, 1921 and was from Missouri. He served on B-24 “Battlin Baby” (42-94989) as the Pilot.
On July 13 1944, B-24 “Battlin Baby” (42-94989) assigned to the 713th Bomber Squadron, 448th Bomber Group, 8th Air force took off from Seething (Station 146) for a bombing mission of the railway yards in Saarbrucken, Germany. During the mission, “Battlin Baby” was hit and lost # 3 and #4 engines. The Pilot headed to Switzerland and over Switzerland in a perilous situation, the crew bailed out and the plane exploded over the town of Bätterkinden, Switzerland. The crew survived and were interned initially in the Adelboden Internment (Camp Moloney) Camp. Officers were later transferred to the Davos Internment Camp. Several of the crew escaped the internment camps and were returned to duty. Reference: Missing Aircraft Report {MACR} 7561.

From the Air Museum Britain Website:Was shot down on his fourth mission. Interned in Switzerland. Free French Interior helped him escape in Nov. 1944. He never talked much about it but with bits and pieces I heard it was a harrowing escape. Plane was B-24 42-94989, 'Battlin Baby' and plane crash-landed in Switzerland on 7/13/44.