788th/859th BS - Dillon Crew

Picture location: Wendover AAF,UT early 1944.

Standing,L-R:
William F.   Dillon       - Pilot      ASN 0800848
Ralph A.     Morrow       - Copilot    ASN 0699704
Cornell      DeGrothy     - Navigator ASN 0687999   (POW) Replaced by Bullock at Harrington.
Archibald H. Longfield    - Bombardier ASN 0687518   Replaced by Baldino at Harrington.

Kneeling,L-R:
Max B.       Rufner       - Dispatcher ASN 35347631
James W.     Story        - Engineer   ASN 38411714 Replaced by Bond at Harrington.
Russell K.   Bond         - R.O.       ASN 16132715
Charles W.   Hartney      - R.O.       ASN 36328510 (Orphaned) (POW 6Aug44 w/467th BG)
Thomas W.    Blackburn    - Engineer   ASN 12133245
Myron W.     Huckins      - Gunner     ASN 31089748 (Orphaned) Survived the war (died 1988)
Claud T.     Stinson,Jr.  - Tailgunner ASN 34394638

Status: Original 788th crew, with reassignments for various reasons. DeGrothy went down with the Fitzpatrick Crew on the night of 29/30 May 1944 on his first mission with the Carpetbaggers.

   Left: Ralph Morrow, copilot of the Dillon Crew.

Agents Inserted/Carried:
MR 1427    No Drop (1)
MR 1489   Charles R. Shearn (Septime)(SOE)
MR 1622    No Drop (5)
MR 1898    Part of OSS OG Team CHRISTOPHER (6)
MR 2035    Part of an 18 agent effort (4)
MR 2060    No Drop (3)

Leaflets Carried/Dropped:
USF 77
USF 127
USF 133

Additional data sources:
Dillon Crew Personnel Files
Dillon Crew Mission Reports

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