Incident Aircraft: B24 44-49342
The crew arrived at Harrington on 18 December 1944 on Special Orders #351 issued from the 70th Replacement Crew Depot, assignments appear in Special Orders #241. Trained for and flying a number of night bombing missions, they were transferred to the 858th BS during the personnel turmoil of March 1945 when the 857th was sent to Bassingbourne. On the night of 19/20 April 1944, they were brought down by a combination of enemy aircraft and ground flak. All aboard were killed. Neither Cory or Holmes were onboard.
Additional Crew Data Sources:
Group-Related Downloads:
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"
Allied Leaflets Index
"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:
Group Mission Reports Jan-Sep44
(On
disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
"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)
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