856th BS
Fesmire Crew
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Os:
Robert H. Fesmire
- Pilot ASN
0831689
Kenneth R. Elliot - Copilot
ASN 02058752
Eugene S. Calhoun - Navigator
ASN 02072641
Peter C. George -
Bombardier ASN ?
EMs:
John R. Carnavale
- R.O.
ASN 11058182
John L. Keeley -
Engineer ASN
11116109 ?
Frank Stevenson - Gunner
ASN
32571751
George M. Philbrick - Dispatcher
ASN
11118603
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Status: Late period crew, who flew first in February of 1945 and completing 18 missions according to Fesmire. Data for Fesmire,George and Keeley is incomplete as their ASNs have not yet been found in documents that we have. Keeley's ASN is in doubt because the only record of that name is from the NARA database.
Errata: Fesmire,in the monogram of his short book (132 pages, "Flight of a Maverick") claims the deliverance of Colby and his men of the RYPE mission to Norway in late March of 1945. This claim has not yet been substantiated.
Combat Period: Feb-May 1945
Additional Crew Data
sources:
Fesmire Crew
Personnel Files
Group-Related Downloads:
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
"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:
"Spies,Supplies & Moonlit
Skies Vols 1&2" by Ensminger
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