The Final Flight of Raymond Donald Dallas and the Crew of the "I'll Get By"
Honoring the Memory and Sacrifice of RAYMOND DONALD DALLAS (OCTOBER 19, 1923 – AUGUST 2 1944) And the Crew of the “I’ll Get By” Lt. Raymond Donald Dallas The Final Mission Raymond Dallas, Navigator, 1 st LT., while on a combat mission aboard the B-17 “I’ll Get By”, perished along with 6 other crew members on August 2, 1944 near Airan, France. The exact location is Airan, Calvados between Caen and Lisieux. The crew of “I’ll Get By” on that mission were: Capt Robert Oris Baber, Pilot, KIA 1 st Lt Jasper W. Kaylor, JR., Co-Pilot, KIA 1 st Lt Raymond Donald Dallas, Navigator, KIA 1 st Lt Frank T. Sohm, Bombardier, KIA T/Sgt Oscar C. Walrod, Flight Engineer, KIA T/Sgt Robert V. Hill, Radioman, KIA S/Sgt Donald W. Phillips, Ball Gunner, POW S/Sgt Walter J. Collyear, JR., Tail Gunner, POW S/Sgt Barney Lipkin, Waist Gunner, POW Capt Elmer E. Brockman, Observer, KIA Anthony (Tony) Dallas is the lone surviving sibling of Raymond D