A picture would be most welcome!
Abernethy arrived at Harrington sans crew as they usually appear in orders, as did Farrell. Between the 17th of August and the 17th of September 1944, he and crewmembers made up mostly from the former White crew at North Pickenham flew eleven Carpetbagger missions. Though the enlisted men varied somewhat from mission to mission, the officers remained the same. Benjamin Street began his career as a dispatcher by transferring from a complement squadron at Harrington in June of 1944, and completed his tour as a substitute on a variety of crews by the spring of 1945. Abernethy and some of the crew flew with the 406th NLS at Cheddington to complete their tour. On their last mission B24 41-29486 was crashed trying to land at Woodbridge in bad weather. An account of the crash and a picture of the plane is available from the following link: Abernethy Incident. Benjamin Street arrived in the UK via a complement unit and trained to be a Gunner on-base, he complete his tour having flown supply missions and the NLS Squadron. Avery Yancey arrived at Alconbury with the Fenster crew, completing 29 Carpetbagger missions by the end of operations in September 1944.
Os:
Curtis A. Abernethy - Pilot
ASN 0564743
Albert G. Oard -
Copilot ASN
0767951
Carlo J. Salamone - Copilot
ASN 0700774
John P. Farrell - Navigator
ASN
0704120
Richard S.
Hayman - Bombardier ASN
0762632
Avery V. Yancey -
Bombardier ASN 0681530
EMs:
Benjamin S. Street,Jr. - Dispatcher
ASN
18086618
Arthur C. Vance - R.O. ASN
39697593
Phillip J. Collier - Engineer
ASN
35095811
John W. Pompelli - Gunner
ASN
13112844
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Below: John P. Farrell
Agents Inserted/Attempted:
MR 2200
DZ Bob 279 (3) No Drop
Additional Data Sources: (*
indicates large file)
Abernethy Station 179
Mission Reports
Abernethy
Crew Personnel files
406th NLS
Squadron RZI Card File
*
Incident
Report
Benjamin Street Collection
Universal Downloadable Data Sources:
406th
NLS Air Crew Card Index
406th NLS
Squadron RZI Card File
*
801st/492nd Personnel Mission Report Index
(Jan-Sep44)
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"
Air Power History Article
Allied Leaflets Index
Aerospace Historian Article
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
*
Carpetbagger C47 Missions
(Jul-Sep 44)
Night Leaflet Squadrons Operations reports
(Jun44-Jul45)
*
"They Flew by Night" editor Robert Fish
*
Serial Number Index of B24s
Station 179 Operations Log
(handwritten Apr44-Jul45)
*
Station 179 Operations Log
(transcribed Sep44-Jul45)
*
Available on Request:
Group Mission Reports Jan-Sep44
(free on FTP site - On disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
"Secret Squadrons of the 8th" by Carty
(leaflet squadron portion only)
*
"Chronology of SOE Operations with the Resistance In France During WWII"
by Foot & Boxhall
"Spies,Supplies & Moonlit Skies Vols 1&2" by Ensminger
*(On
disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
