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In 1997 Lt. Col. Clarke M. Brandt, USA Retired, and Dick Smith, one of the founders of AFEES and its president in 1996, wrote Hide-And-Seek With the German Army, a meticulous account of the experiences of the crew of the B-17 Destiny’s Tot, which was shot down December 30, 1943. Dick Smith was its pilot. Hide-And-Seek was printed under the auspices of the Army Education Center, with the printing done by the Defense Printing Service in Denver, Colorado. Our thanks to Rick Feingold, son of 2nd Lt. Louis Feingold, navigator of Destiny’s Tot, for making available to us a copy of Hide-And-Seek and the series of photos for reproduction on this website.
(To view the page on the B-17 Destiny’s Tot on the American Air Museum in Britain website, click here. To view the Association des Sauveteurs d’Aviateurs Alliés website account of Destiny’s Tot, click here.)
Following are some selected photos of the principals in Hide-And-Seek. Click on a photo to enlarge it.
CREW PHOTOS
- Front Row, left to right: Warren Tarkington (bombardier), unknown person, Dick Smith (pilot), and Bill Booher (co-pilot). Back row: third from left: Al Mele (radio operator) with moustache.
2. Below, at a night club, left to right: Lou Feingold (navigator), Dick Smith (pilot), Al Mele (radio operator), and an unknown person.
3. Fake ID card for navigator Lou Feingold
4. Navigator, Louis Feingold, 1943
HELPER PHOTOS
- Edmund Sauvage, Madame Odette, and Gaston Legrand
2. Eckert family.
3. Jean Crouet and his wife, post-French Liberation, 1944
4. LeGrand dairy store, 1947
ESCAPE ROUTE
- Plouha Beach of Operation Bonaparte
2. Transportation back to England via Royal Navy gunboat
POSTWAR REUNIONS
1. Louis Feingold, Leah Feingold, Odette and Gaston LeGrand, 1978
Hide-And-Seek With the German Army consists of 110 pages. Click on the pdf file shown below to view the entire work. It should only take seconds to open. Following the title pages there will be a table of contents, a forward by Lt. Col. Brandt, pictures and short biographies of the two authors, pictures of the other members of the crew, the text, an epilogue, and a two-page glossary. For the reader’s convenience, the Table of Contents also appears below. Following the Table of Contents is an Index to Airmen, then an Index to Helpers.
Table of Contents
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- i Contents
- ii Forward
- iii Authors
- 1 Chapter 1: Our Last Mission
- 11 Chapter 2: A Grand Entrance into France
- 19 Chapter 3: Learning Our Fate
- 27 Chapter 4: January in France
- 54 Chapter 5: Events of February 1944
- 64 Chapter 6: The Next Six Months
- 74 Chapter 7: An Interlude
- 76 Chapter 8: 1945: The Year of Victory
- 82 Chapter 9: Life After the Army Air Force
- 86 Epilogue
- 87 Glossary
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Hide-and-Seek with the German Army
Index to Airmen
Names of the crew Of Destiny’s Tot are boldfaced. Note that photographs and diagrams that are on unnumbered pages are indicated with a dash, e.g., iii-1.
Adams, Robert F. (Bob) (waist gunner) – iii-1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18-19, 19, 22, 23, 27, 29, 31, 36, 52, 53, 55, 57, 63, 66, 66, 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 82, 83
Ball, Murray – 23, 32, 54, 64, 80
Booher, William R. (Bill) (co-pilot) – ii, iii-1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26-27, 28, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 53-54, 54, 56, 57, 58, 62, 64, 74, 80, 82, 84, 86-87
Camp, Glenn – 33, 39, 40
Cooper, James – 33, 39, 40
Donaldson, Edward – 31, 39, 40, 46, 48
Eshuis, Jerry NMI (ball turret gunner) – ii, iii-1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 17, 18, 18-19, 20, 22, 23, 26-27, 27, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 53-54, 54, 57, 58, 62, 64, 74, 76, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86-87
Feingold, Louis (NMI) (Lou) (navigator) – ii, iii-1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18-19, 19, 22, 23, 24, 26-27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, 53-54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 74, 82, 86-87
Furth, Robert K. – 58, 59
Jones, Paul – 63-64
Jones, Wilson P. – 62, 63-64
Kohl, John – 71, 72, 76, 77, 78
Landers, John – 63-64
Mele, Alphonse M. (Al) (radio operator) – iii-1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 25, 26-27, 28, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 53-54, 54, 57, 58, 62, 64, 74, 83, 84, 86-87
Mills, Milton J. – 29, 52, 55, 62, 62-63, 63, 63-64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 74 – ii
Morrison, Kenneth A. (Ken) (flight engineer) – ii, iii-1, 1, 4, 6, 11, 15, 19, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 32, 37, 52, 55, 62, 63, 63-64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 82, 83
Moss, Harry – 63-64, 64, 67, 68, 70
Nastasiak, Joseph J. – 62
O’Hearn, Thomas G. (Gene) (tail gunner) – iii-1, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18-19, 22, 23, 26-27, 29, 31, 37, 52, 55, 63, 66, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 82
Olaf (German agent) – 47, 48, 58
Olynik, Mike – 59, 60
Onesi, Anthony NMI (Tony) (waist gunner) – ii, iii-1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18-19, 19, 22, 23, 27, 29, 31, 34, 36, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 63, 66, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 83, 84, 86, 86-87
Parker – 33, 39, 40, 46, 48
Patton, Ralph – 84
Paulus, Frank – 72
Quinn, James – 59, 60
Reeves, Sgt. – 41
Roger (first name only) – 72, 73
Smith, Richard M. (Dick) (pilot) –ii, iii, iii-1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 18-19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26-27, 28, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 53-54, 54, 56, 57, 58, 62, 64, 74, 82, 84, 85, 86, 86-87
Stanford, Lloyd A. – 54
Tarkington, Warren C. (Tark, Red Dog) (bombardier) – ii, iii-1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18-19, 19, 24, 26-27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, 53-54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63-64, 64, 74, 82, 84, 86-87
Vine – 58, 59
Williams, Val – 49
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Index to Helpers
Alphonse – 36, 38, 39, 42, 43
Balfe, Joseph – 62, 63
Begue, Paul, and Yvonne – 32, 34, 35, 84, 85
Bernadette, Mademoiselle – 33, 39
Bouge, M. – 30, 52
Branchoux, Mathurin – 59
Bugue – 86-87
Claudette – 43, 47, 48, 49, 54, 55, 58
Cola, Marcel – 58, 59
Crouet, Jean – 16, 18-19, 19, 24, 28, 30, 84, 86-87
De Baynest, Count and Countess – 27, 86-87
Desesquelle – 13
Dorez, M. and Mme. And Jacqueline – 30, 32, 37, 52
Dumais, Lucien – 49, 50, 60, 84
Eckert, Monsieur and Madame – 40
Genvaris – 18-19, 20
Germaine (see also Marie Therese LeCalvez) – 45, 48, 49
Gilbert – 40, 41, 46, 47
Gorge, Gervais, – 17, 22, 23, 85, 86-87
Gorge, Peter – 17
Harry the baker – 18-19, 28, 30, 84
Henri – 62
Jacques, Captain and Paulette – 21, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32, 35, 84
Jicquel (Jacquel), Jean – 50
Kerambrun, Francois – 53-54
Kocera, Madame (see also Massenett) – 49, 53, 54, 58, 59
Kocera, Jean – 49, 58, 59
LaBrosse, Ray – 61, 84
Lamattre, Mr. and Mrs. – 65, 66
Lauro, Robert and Betty – 29, 55
LeCalvez, Marie Therese (see also Germaine) – 48, 60, 61
LeClerc, Lucien and Maurice – 33, 34, 40
Legrand, Gaston – 33
Lemonnier, Anita – 58, 59
Louisette – 59
Massenett, Madame Kocera – 48
Mauret, Raymond – 49, 58, 59
Odette, Madame – 31, 33, 39, 40, 84, 86-87
Paire, Edouard – 62
Pillon, Louis – 20
Rosseaus – 30
Santune – 9, 13, 14, 18, 20, 26
Sauvage, Edmund – 33, 40
Schmitt, Madame – 47, 48, 59
Tourdes, Mr. and Mrs. Georges – 65