857th BS
Jarrett
Crew

Status: Gas-haul (short) crew brought into Station 179 to fly gasoline to the Allied armies chasing the Germans back to their fatherland. Norman Harris had completed a tour and was drawn from the 70th Replacement Depot for these missions.

Names transcribed from SO151, dtd 17Sep44.

Os:
Harry D.    Jarrett    - Pilot        ASN 0804673
Wayne G.    Jackson    - Copilot      ASN 0755537
John W.     Owen       - Navigator    ASN 0707096

EMs:
Robert T.   Bonner     - Engineer     ASN 15061206
Rafael R.   Gonzalez   - R.O.         ASN 18049044

ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.

Crew Specific Downloadable Data Sources:
Jarrett 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 (On disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)

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