859th BS
Moorhead
Crew

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Names transcribed from Special Orders #120, dtd 16Aug44, Station 179

Os:
Millicent S. Moorhead         - Pilot            ASN 0699382
William A.   Williams         - Bombardier       ASN 0696529
Donald R.    Zellmer          - Navigator        ASN 0886656

EMs:
Martin W.    Cookerow         - Gunner           ASN 16136489
Edward J.    Albers           - Engineer         ASN 19070770
Harold R.    McMahon          - R.O.             ASN 35596127
Robert I.    Mantel           - Gunner           ASN 12219620

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

Arriving at Harrington minus a copilot, this crew was broken up and did not fly as a crew with the Carpetbaggers, though most flew some Carpetbagger missions. Moorhead flew as CP to James McLaughlin, 858th BS. Williams, a Bombardier, flew only one combat mission with the Group, with George Johnson, of the 859th BS after his crew had been "re-arranged". Zellmer also flew his lone combat mission with Johnson, as did Cookerow, Albers, McMahon, and Mantel.

Additional data sources:
Moorhead Crew personnel files

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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