My father was stationed at Lavenham after surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor and completing 2 tours of duty in the Pacific theater (50 combat missions, the Memphis Belle crew did 25.) He was in the midst of his 3^rd tour in the 487^th when his plane (a B-17) was hit by flak and seen to go down with no parachutes observed. Being the radio operator near the center of the plane when it broke up in mid-air, he clipped the rest of his 'chute to the harness in freefall, already having sustained a broken back, wrist and 2 ribs. He was the sole survivor of his crew of 10. Taken POW by the Germans, he was repatriated 2 months later weighing only 95 pounds at 6' in height! His name was Harvey Frederick Schlotte and I would welcome any information about his experiences at Lavenham that anyone could provide. I am one of his three sons living in the United States. Please e-mail me if you have any information. Thanks.

Jack W. Schlotte
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