856th BS
Larry Crew
A picture would be most appreciated!
The crew arrived on-base per Special Orders #21, dtd 31 January 1945.
Os:
Robert N. Larry
- Pilot ASN 0829236
Bernard L. Silverblatt - Copilot
ASN 02062065
Morris N. Eisner -
Navigator ASN T-134657
Marvin S. Florman - Bombardier
ASN 02064408
EMs:
John F. Buerkel III
- R.O.
ASN 31366413
*
George Downing
- Gunner
ASN 11103949
Robert W. Biddinger - Gunner
ASN 35897595
Virgal C. Mart
- Gunner ASN 39545948
Joseph S. Renwick - Gunner
ASN 33431035
Walter F. Mlynarek,Jr. - Gunner
ASN 36812758
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
* Buerkel's name is garbled on the NARA record.
They appear in the Late Period Log only twice, both after VE day.
Crew Specific Downloadable Data Sources:
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)