36th BS
Moser Crew
Many of this crew are included in the Lee Crew picture.
Os:
James F. Moser
- Pilot ASN 0746401
Loyd H. Bruton - Copilot
ASN 0743137
Francis J. Crahen - Navigator
ASN 0811322
Joe P. Sowder - Bombardier
ASN 0679674
Robert C. Allan - Bombardier
ASN 0744965
EMs:
George F. Sprouse -
Engineer ASN
36181612
Ira W. Greene - Engineer
ASN
17016697
Virgil F. Jones - R.O.
ASN
18193855
George F. Sprouse - Engineer
ASN
36181612
James P. Benefield - Engineer
ASN
34336086
Harry E. Garthe - Gunner
ASN
36421804
Passenger:
James P. Stewart - MOS 9301
ASN 0581247 (Squadron S-2)
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Crew Details: Moser's history with the group is a bit confused, he may have arrived alone while the Group was officially at Watton during March of 1944. He flew missions in April and May of 1944 as Copilot to several different pilots, then in June began the month with make-up crews from the 36th BS. By the end of the month it appears that his crew became that of John D. Lee, who had by this time become medically disqualified for flying. By the end of August, he had 34 missions and disappears from Harrington records, his last appearance being in the reorganization orders of 13 August 1944. His crew members, who started much later, had to finish out their tours as fill-ins.
Moser flew an incredible 16
combat missions in July of 1944, or more than one for every two days of the
month!
Agents carried/inserted:
Mission
0945 inserted PROUST Team ABLARD (2 agents) 6km
South of Bar sur Seine,Aube.
Mission 1456 inserted four Belgian agents at the TYBAULT 118 DZ.
Mission 1585 inserted
Jedburgh Team AUBREY at the SPIRITUALIST 6D DZ.
Mission 1648
attempted to insert five agents (Part of
OSS OG PATRICK to the HUGH
5 DZ.
Mission 1713 (their last)inserted a lone agent to the PERCY 47 DZ.
Identified leaflets carried/dropped:
Redirect to: Crews Main Agents
USF-77
USF-128
USF-130
USF-131
Additional Crew Data Sources:
Moser Crew Personnel Files
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)
