36th/856th BSs
Norton Crew
Above: Norton crew on liberty in New York, prior to their departure to the ETO.
L-R,standing:
Husbands,Rosen,Unidentified,Unidentified,Gillikin.
L-R,Front row:
Moncy,Unidentified,Unidentified child,Walker.
The crew arrived at Harrington most probably in early Jul45. On the night of 14/15 August 1944 their plane crashed near the DZ, killing all but Sgt Gillikin. Moncy, the Radio Operator, survived for a short time after the crash. Local Maquis retrieved the bodies for burial, despite the presence nearby of the enemy. Gillikin was taken in by a local farmer until it was safe to turn him over to the Red Cross. The Maquis chief detailed an account in an undated letter to Serge Blandin.
Below:
Crash site of B24 44-40172
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)
Redirect to: Crews Main Honor Roll
